essay
Archaeological reconstruction and historical commentary
Excavations at Tell Brak • 2 • Published In 2001 • Pages: 379-396
By: Oates, David, Oates, Joan.
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Oates and Oates present evidence that Tell Brak can be identified with the ancient city of Nagar. They describe what is known of the city and kingdom of Nagar (the buildings, as a regional center, some of the kings duties, the Lady of Nagar cult, the diplomatic marriages, the equid trade, etc.). The Akkadians arrival at Brak is examined alon with the evidence for their presence and the continuity of the Nagar officials and way of life from EDIII times. The ritual closure of the two complexes and the public and private use of the Tell is discussed. They examine the economy of Brak. In essence Oates aned Oates summarize their and others work at Tell Brak.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Culture summary
- Dating methods in archaeology
- Chronologies and culture sequences
- traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Akkadian
- HRAF PubDateThe date HRAF published the document
- 2009
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- Middle East
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Middle East
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Archaeologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- AnalystThe HRAF anthropologist who subject indexed the document and prepared other materials for the eHRAF culture/tradition collection
- Sarah Berry; 2008
- Field DateThe date the researcher conducted the fieldwork or archival research that produced the document
- 4 field seasons from 1976-1993
- Coverage DateThe date or dates that the information in the document pertains to
- 4400-4150 BP(2400-2150 BC)
- Coverage PlaceLocation of the research culture or tradition (often a smaller unit such as a band, community, or archaeological site)
- Tell Brak, Syria
- NotesAdditional notes
- David Oates and Joan Oates
- For bibliographical references see document 13: Oates
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 00303945
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Civilization, Assyro-Babylonian/Excavations (Archaeology) Iraq/Mitanni (Ancient kingdom)/Dayr al-Zawr (Syria) Antiquities