Cybernetica Mesopotamica – Urkesh Global Record

J2
The Temple Staircase
Seasons 17 (2004), 18 (2005), and 22 (2009)


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Giorgio Buccellati
Lorenzo Crescioli
Marilyn Kelly-Buccellati with the participation of
Minna Haapanen, Sarah Comelli,
Patrizia Camatta and Caitlin Chaves Yates

J2 includes the western portion of the monumental access to the Temple and its Terrace. There, we have exposed what we assumed to be a full one half od the structure (the other half being the eastern portion that has been excavated only to a minimal extent). The structure is one of the best preserved architectural monuments in third millennium Syro-Mesopotamia, and excavations have provided important insights into the historical development of the Temple Terrace itself and, unexpectedly, into the very end of the occupational history of ancient Urkesh.