Jebel Khalid

36°21′33″N 38°10′27″E / 36.35917°N 38.17417°E / 36.35917; 38.17417 (Jebel Khalid)

Jebel Khalid, excavations

Jebel Khalid is an archaeological site in modern Syria. Australian excavations starting in 1986 discovered the remains of a Hellenistic, Seleucid town perhaps founded by Seleucus I Nicator.[1] The town flourished till around 70 BC and was then abandoned. The ancient name is not yet known for sure.[2] Due to the political situation in Syria the excavations stopped in 2010.

The city stretches along the Euphrates and is surrounded by a wall, about 3.4 km long. Within the city wall are the remains of a governor's palace,[3] a temple of the Amphiprostyle type [4] and palaestra. One insula was completely excavated.[5] A second insula was partly uncovered. Outside the town wall were found the cemeteries of the inhabitants.[6]

Excavation reports

  • G.W. Clarke: Jebel Khalid on the Euphrates: Report on Excavations 1986–1996, Eisenbrauns 2002, ISBN 978-0958026505
  • Heather Jackson: Jebel Khalid on the Euphrates. Volume 2, The terracotta figurines, Sydney: MEDITARCH, 2002, ISBN 9780958026529
  • Heather Jackson: Jebel Khalid on the Euphrates, Volume 3: The Pottery, Sydney: MEDITARCH, 2011, ISBN 9780958026536
  • Heather Jackson: Jebel Khalid on the Euphrates, Volume 4, The housing insula, Sydney: MEDITARCH, 2014, ISBN 9780958026550
  • G. Clarke, H. Jackson, C. E. V. Nixon, J. Tidmarsh, K. Wesselingh and L. Cougle-Jose: Jebel Khalid on the Euphrates, Volume 5: Report on Excavations 2000–2010. Mediterranean Archaeology supplement, 10. Sydney: MEDITARCH Publications; Sydney University Press, 2016, ISBN 9780958026574

References

  1. ^ Graeme Clarke & Heather Jackson: can the mute Stones speak ? Evaluating cultural and ethnic identities from archaeological remains: the case of Hellenistic Jebel Khalid* online
  2. ^ Mckee, G. (30 January 2021). "Places: 481573620 (Jebel Khalid)". Pleiades. Retrieved January 30, 2021.
  3. ^ G. W. Clarke: The Governor’s Palace, Acropolis, in: G. W. Clarke: Jebel Khalid on the Euphrates: Report on Excavations 1986–1996, pp. 25–48.
  4. ^ Graeme Clarke: The Jebel Khalid Temple, in Mediterranean Archaeology, 2006/07, Vol. 19/20,pp. 133–139.
  5. ^ Heather Jackson: Jebel Khalid on the Euphrates, Volume 4, The housing insula, Sydney: MEDITARCH, 2014,
  6. ^ G. W. Clarke: The Governor’s Palace, Acropolis, in: G. W. Clarke: Jebel Khalid on the Euphrates: Report on Excavations 1986–1996, pp. 25–48.
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