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Fig.1.5ThemoundofTellArbidlookingnorth
associatedwithpost-Akkadian(EJZ5)andKha-
bur-Warestructuresrecognizedatthetopofthe
citadel.IntheKhaburWareperiod,thesettlement
systemchangedand,incontrasttotheEJZ3period,
settlementwaslessintensive,focusinginselected
areas.Apartfromdwellingquarters,knownforex-
amplefromAreasSR,P,M,SS,SD,Dnumerous
burialswerefoundwithinthesettlement’slimits.
IntheMitanniperiod,settlementhadmovedbe-
yondthemaintell,tothewesternpartofthesite
(AreaA),wherethemainresidentialdistrictwas
uncovered.Atthattime,thecitadelwasmainly
usedasaburialgroundformembersofthelocal
eliteand,toasmallextent,forresidentialpurpos-
es.AftertheMitanniperiod,whenTellArbidwas
awellprosperingcenter,therewasaninterruption
insettlementupuntiltheIronAge,fromwhich
asmall-scaleNeo-Babylonian(IronAgeIIIa)set-
tlementisknown,uncoveredinthewesternpart
ofthesite(AreaA)(Koliński,Reiche2008).The
latesttracesofoccupationcomefromtheHelle-
nisticperiod(AreasAandD),whenTellArbidwas
aratherprosperoussettlement,whichmaybeev-
idencedbytherichlyfurnishedgravesfromthat
period.ScarceevidencepointstoSeleucid/Parthi-
anandRomanpresenceonthesite.
1.3RESEARCHHISTORY
TellArbidwasthesubjectofarchaeologicalstud-
iesconductedbythePolish-SyrianArchaeological
MissionheadedbyPiotrBieliński.Thestudieswere
jointlyconductedbythePolishCentreofMediter-
raneanArchaeologyoftheUniversityofWarsaw
andtheDirectionGeneralofAntiquitiesandMu-
seums,Damascus,onbehalfofwhichtheworkwas
headedbyDrAhmadSerriyehandsubsequentlyby
JowanQassemandAbedAbdelMesihiBaghdo(see
relevantpreliminaryreportsinPolishArchaeology
intheMediterraneanvolumes8through22).Ex-
cavationonthesitebeganin1996andcontinued
everyyearuntil2010when,duetotheoutbreak
ofwarinSyria,ithadtobestopped.Previousar-
chaeologicalstudieswereconductedonthesite
butnotonalargescale.In1936,M.E.L.Mallowan
performedsurveysandarchaeologicalexcava-
tionswithinseveraltrenches(Mallowan1937:117;
Koliński2007).TellArbidwasalsothesubjectof
surveyscarriedoutbyBertilleLyonnet(2000).
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