Excavations at Tell Brak 1: The Mitanni and Old Babylonian periods

by David Oates (Editor), Joan Oates, Helen McDonald

The first of three volumes on the 1976-1993 excavations at Tell Brak in northeast Syria. Identified as ancient Nagar/ Nawar, it is one of the largest sites in northern Mesopotamia. The second millennium BC material is published in full in this first volume, including a detailed account of the monumental Palace and Temple of Mitanni date (Late Bronze Age) and a sequence of second-millennium domestic occupation dating from c.1700-1200 BC. Includes unique evidence for craft activities from palace workrooms and official cuneiform tablets. The 3rd-millennium BC material will be published in Volume 2, and Volume 3 will cover the Uruk and Ubaid periods.

296 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 1998

About the author

David Oates was a British archaeologist and academic specializing in the Ancient Near East.