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Chagar Bazar is an ancient site in northern Syria, occupied from the sixth to the second millennium BC. It is situated by the small river Dara, a tributary to the Khabur River. Alternative spellings are Tell Chagar Bazar, or Šagir Bazar. Coordinates: 36°85′N 40°9′E / 37.417, 40.15

Chagar Bazar was already settled in the Neolithic. Excavations revealed pottery belonging to the Tell Halaf culture. By the Early Bronze Age, in the third millennium BC, Chagar Bazar turned into a small town with the size of 12 hectares / 30 acres. The site appears to have been abandoned by the end of the third millennium BC. It was resettled by Hurrians in the Middle Bronze Age. Fine examples of the Khabur ware pottery dating to this period have been discovered by the excavators.

Archaeology

The ancient site, about 12 hectares in size, was excavated by the British archaeologist Max Mallowan from 1935 to 1937. ^{1 2 3} Many of the artefacts discovered were brought to the British Museum. Besides pottery, a large number of clay tablets written in cuneiform script were discovered. Work was resumed at the site in 1999 by an expedition from the British School of Archaeology in Iraq in cooperation with University of Liege archaeologists and the Syrian Directorate General of Antiquities and Museums. ^{4 5}

Notes

References

• C. J. Gadd, Tablets from Chagar Bazar 1936, Iraq, vol. 4, no. 2, pp. 178-185, 1937
• C. J. Gadd, Tablets from Chagar Bazar and Tell Brak 1937-38, Iraq, vol. 7, pp. 22-61, 1940
• Philippe Talon, Old Babylonian Texts From Chagar Bazar, FAGD/ASGD, 1997, ISBN 9090108386

See also

• Cities of the Ancient Near East
• Tell Brak
• Hurrians

External links

• Pottery Khabur Ware Jar from Chagar Bazar in the British Museum.

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