Tell Hazna I

Tell Hazna I

Shown within Near East Tell Hazna I (Syria)
Location	Al-Hasakah Governorate, Syria
Coordinates	36°39′41″N 40°53′44″E
Type	Settlement
Area	1.5 hectares (3.7 acres).
Height	17 metres (56 ft).
History
Periods	Uruk period,Ubaid,Early Dynastic Period (Mesopotamia)
Site notes
Excavation dates	1988–2010
Archaeologists	Rauf Magometovich Munchaev
Public access	unknown

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. 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), it is considered to have a pre-state organization of the community run by a religious administration.

Some clay seals were recovered during the excavations. A 3rd millennium BC kiln was also found.

See also

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

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Bibliography

• Munchaev, Rauf M.; Merpert, Nikolaj Ya.; Amirov, Shahmardan N. (2004). ТЕЛЛЬ-ХАЗНА I. Культово-административный центр IV–III тыс. до н. э. в Северо-восточной Сирии. [TELL HAZNA I. Cultural-administrative center of the 4th–3rd millennium BC. in Northeastern Syria]. Institute of Archaeology, Russian Academy of Sciences (in Russian). Paleograph Press. ISBN 5-89526-012-8.
• "Tell Hazna (Syria) | Institute of Archaeology: New Expeditions and Projects 2010-2014". Archived from the original on 8 September 2017. Retrieved 2021-05-28.