Kuzey Mezopotamya’da Bir Kavşak Noktası: Tepe Gawra

Year 2013, Volume: 8 Issue: 2, 1 - 50, 01.02.2013

Yüksel Arslantaş

Abstract

Tepe Gawra, Eski Mezopotamya’da modern Musul şehrine 15 mil ve Khorsabad’a 2 mil uzaklıkta tarihi Niniveh kentinin yakınında eski bir yerleşim yeridir. Kazılmadan önce 120 m çapında ve 22 metre yüksekliğindeydi. Burada 1850’den önce Austen Layard tarafından bir keşif kazısı gerçekleştirilmiştir. Site sistemli olarak 1927, 1931 ve 1932 yıllarında Ephraim Avigdor Speiser başkanlığında Pennsylvania ve American Schools of Oriental Research’tan arkeologların katılımıyla gerçekleştirilmiştir

Keywords

Tepe Gawra, Mezopotamya, Kazılar, Höyük

A Junction Point In Northern Mesopotamia: Tepe Gawra

Abstract

Tepe Gawra is an ancient Mesopotamian settlement, near the ancient site of Nineveh, 2 miles from Khorsabad and 15 miles northeast of the modern city of Mosul. Tepe Gawra was 120 meters in diameter and 22 meters high. A brief exploratory dig was performed by Austen Layard before 1850. The site was formally excavated in 1927, 1931 and 1932 for a total of 8 months by archaeologists from a joint expedition of the University of Pennsylvania and the American Schools of Oriental Research, led by Ephraim Avigdor Speiser

Keywords

Tepe Gawra, Mesopotamia, Excavations, Mound

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