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. The town flourished till around 70 BC and was then abandoned. The ancient name is not yet known for sure. 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, a temple of the Amphiprostyle type and palaestra. One insula was completely excavated. A second insula was partly uncovered. Outside the town wall were found the cemeteries of the inhabitants.

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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