Tell Hazna I
Early Bronze III–IV (c.2600–2100 BCE)·Early Jezirah III Ebla-contact·🇸🇾 Hasaka Governorate, Khabur–Sinjar pass, Syria
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About Tell Hazna I
9-m step-terrace temple at Tell Hazna overlooking Khabur–Sinjar pass, stair and altar with Ebla-style cylinder seals, Soviet-Joint campaign 1988–2010 (Munchaev) exposing three ritual phases. Tell Hazna I — North Syrian Early Bronze Temple Mound context and stratigraphy linking to regional chronology.
Why it mattersTell Hazna I — North Syrian Early Bronze Temple Mound
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Stratigraphic relation to neighboring cultures?
Theories
- 01Regional trade node
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- Occupied Early Bronze III–IV (c.2600–2100 BCE)
- Period
- Early Bronze III–IV (c.2600–2100 BCE)
- Culture
- Early Jezirah III Ebla-contact
- Builders
- Local communities
- Purpose
- Temple-topped acropolis with monumental terrace
- Abandoned
- post-period
- Rediscovered
- 19th-century surveys, modern excavations
- Excavation
- Partially excavated
Early Bronze III–IV
Temple-topped acropolis with monumental terrace
On the ground
Structures & features
36.7000° N · 40.9000° E · 450 m · 2 mapped features
Step Terrace Temple
templeStone-revetted step podium temple with altar
36.7010° N · 40.9010° ECylinder Seal Hoard Stratum
archiveLevel with Ebla-style cylinder seal deposit
36.6990° N · 40.8990° E