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Tell Saadiya (also Tell es-Saadiya) is a tell, or archaeological settlement mound, in
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( Iraq).


Archaeological research

Excavations at the site were conducted in 1979–1980. They were part of an international salvage operation organized by the Iraqi Directorate of Antiquities which aimed to protect historical monuments in the Gebel Hamrin region endangered by the building of a dam on the
Diyala River The Diyala River (Arabic: ; ku, Sîrwan; Farsi: , ) is a river and tributary of the Tigris. It is formed by the confluence of Sirwan river and Tanjaro river in Darbandikhan Dam in the Sulaymaniyah Governorate of Northern Iraq. It covers a total ...
{{Cite journal, last=Kozłowski, first=Stefan Karol, last2=Bieliński, first2=Piotr, date=1979, title=Tell El Saadiya, url=http://bazhum.muzhp.pl/media//files/Informator_Archeologiczny_badania/Informator_Archeologiczny_badania-r1979-t13/Informator_Archeologiczny_badania-r1979-t13-s289-290/Informator_Archeologiczny_badania-r1979-t13-s289-290.pdf, journal=Informator Archeologiczny, volume=13 (Hamrin program, Hamrin Dam Salvage Project). Archaeological works at Tell Saadiya were carried out by a team from the Polish Centre of Mediterranean Archaeology University of Warsaw, headed by Stefan K. Kozłowski and Piotr Bieliński. The northern and western slopes of the small tell (about 80 m in diameter) had already been destroyed by construction works. Most of the site was occupied by a modern cemetery, which had disturbed the
stratigraphy Stratigraphy is a branch of geology concerned with the study of rock (geology), rock layers (Stratum, strata) and layering (stratification). It is primarily used in the study of sedimentary rock, sedimentary and layered volcanic rocks. Stratigrap ...
. The excavations uncovered a settlement from the Ubaid period (5th millennium BC) with multi-room houses built of sun-dried mud-bricks, as well as pottery kilns. Some of the houses were more impressive, featuring a central hall with rooms, usually smaller, adjacent to its longer sides. Child burials in urns were found under some of the floors. These burial containers, including beautifully-painted jugs, were the most valuable objects discovered at the site.Piotr Bieliński, Od Eufratu do Tygrysu i jeszcze dalej, M. L. Bernhard (eds.). In: Od Nilu do Eufratu: polska archeologia śródziemnomorska 1981–1994, Warsaw: PCMA 1995.


See also

* Tell Rashid * Tell Abada * Tell Madhur


References


Further reading


Polish National Commission for UNESCO Review. 2017/18 bulletin
(Polish Archaeology for the Safeguarding of World Heritage) * A. Pieńkowska, D. Szeląg, I. Zych (Eds). Stories Told Around the Fountain. Papers Offered to Piotr Bieliński on the Occasion of His 70th Birthday, Warsaw: PCMA, University of Warsaw Press 2019 * Kozłowski, S. K., Bieliński, P. Tell el-Saadiya; A preliminary report on the first season of excavations, 1979. Sumer, 40 (1985).


External links


Salvage excavations at Tell Saadiya
Saadiya Diyala Governorate Ubaid period Saadiya