Tell Hazna I

36°39′41″N 40°53′44″E / 36.66139°N 40.89556°E / 36.66139; 40.89556TypeSettlementArea1.5 hectares (3.7 acres).Height17 metres (56 ft).^[1]HistoryPeriodsUruk period,Ubaid,Early Dynastic Period (Mesopotamia)Site notesExcavation dates1988–2010ArchaeologistsRauf Magometovich MunchaevPublic accessunknown

Tell Hazna I is a Syrian archaeological site located in al-Hasakah, to the north east of Al-Hasakah, inhabited during the Early Dynastic I–II Periods, and Uruk and Ubaid periods.

Tell Hazna I

The site has been excavated since 1988 to 2010 by the expedition of Institute of Archaeology of Russian Academy of Sciences. Tell Hazna I, is a large tell 150 m in average diameter and 17 m high. 12 m of its 16 m thick cultural deposit belong to the Early Dynastic I–II Periods, and its lower 4 m to the Uruk and Ubaid periods. The efforts of the Russian mission have been mainly concentrated on the first or upper Early Dynastic Period: the remains of the religious and administrative center. ^[2][a] An area of more than 2000 m2 has been uncovered on the tell's southern slope.

The site included two temple complexes (the Upper Temple and the Lower Temple),^[3] it is considered to have a pre-state organization of the community run by a religious administration.^[1]

Some clay seals were recovered during the excavations.^[4] A 3rd millennium BC kiln was also found. ^[5]

See also

• Tell Brak
• Tell Mozan
• Tell Barri
• Chagar Bazar
• Cities of the Ancient Near East

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