Middle Assyrian Tell Sabi Abyad, Syria

Consolidating Empire: Reconstructing Hegemonic Practices of the Middle Assyrian Empire at the Late Bronze Age Fortified Estate of Tell Sabi Abyad, Syria, ca. 1230 – 1180 BC

The project ‘Consolidating Empire’ has started in January 2012 and aims to study the almost entirely excavated Late Bronze Age fortress or Dunnu Tell Sabi Abyad in the context of the Middle Assyrian Empire. The research will be executed by a team consisting of three PhD researchers, a research assistant, assyriologist Frans Wiggerman and project leader Bleda Düring. Professor Peter Akkermans and Professor René Cappers serve as advisors to the project and supervise the PhD researchers. The project is funded by an ERC Starting Grant and is accommodated by the University of Leiden, Faculty of Archaeology and takes place in cooperation with The Dutch National Museum of Antiquities.

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AKKERMANS P.M.M.G. 2006. The Fortress of Ili-pada. Middle Assyrian Architecture at Tell Sabi Abyad, Syria. In: P. Butterlin et al. (eds.), Les espaces Syro-Mésopotamiens. Dimensions de l’expériencehumaine au Proche-Orient ancien. Turnhout : Brepols (Subartu XVII), pp. 201-211.
AKKERMANS P.M.M.G. 1997. Seals and Seal Impressions from Middle Assyrian Tell Sabi Abyad, Syria. Subartu 4:243-258.
AKKERMANS P.M.M.G. & DUISTERMAAT K. 2001. A Middle Assyrian Pottery Kiln at Tell Sabi Abyad, Syria. In: J.-W. Meyer, M. Novák and A. Pruss (eds.), Beiträge zur Vorderasiatischen Archäologie, Winfried Orthmann gewidmet, Frankfurt am main, pp. 12-19.
AKKERMANS P.M.M.G., LIMPENS J. & SPOOR R.H. 1993. On the Frontier of Assyria: Excavations at Tell Sabi Abyad, 1991. Akkadica 84/85:1-52.
AKKERMANS P.M.M.G. & ROSSMEISL I. 1990. Excavations at Tell Sabi Abyad, Northern Syria: A Regional Centre on the Assyrian Frontier. Akkadica 66:13-60.
AKKERMANS P.M.M.G. & SMITS E. 2008. A Sealed Double Cremation at Middle Assyrian Tell Sabi Abyad, Syria. In: D. Bonatz, R.M. Czichon & F.J. Kreppner (eds.), Fundstellen – Gesammelte Schriften zur Archäologie und Geschichte Altvorderasiens ad honorem Hartmut Kühne. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, pp. 251-261.
DUISTERMAAT K. 2008. The Pots and Potters of Assyria – Technology and Organisation of Production, Ceramic Sequence and Vessel Function at Late Bronze Age Tell Sabi Abyad, Syria. Turnhout: Brepols Publishers.
WIGGERMANN F.A.M. 2010. Wein, Weib und Gesang in een Midden-Assyrische nederzetting aan de Balikh. Phoenix 56: 18-60.
WIGGERMANN F.A.M. 2000. Agriculture in the Northern Balikh Valley: The Case of Middle Assyrian Tell Sabi Abyad. In: R.M. Jas (ed.), Rainfall and Agriculture in Northern Mesopotamia. Istanbul: Nederlands Historisch-Archaeologisch Instituut, pp. 171-231.