Gre Amer, Batman, on the Upper Tigris A Rescue Project in the Ilısu Dam Reservoir in Turkey
Gre Amer is located on a natural hill on the east bank of the Garzan tributary of the Tigris River, 26 km north of their confluence, near the boundary of the modern-day provinces of Batman and Siirt (Fig. 1). Our excavations started in 2009 during the second phase of the Ilısu salvage excavation pro...
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Published in | The Archaeology of the Kurdistan Region of Iraq and Adjacent Regions p. 333 |
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Main Authors | , |
Format | Book Chapter |
Language | English |
Published |
United Kingdom
Archaeopress Publishing Ltd
2016
Archaeopress |
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Summary: | Gre Amer is located on a natural hill on the east bank of the Garzan tributary of the Tigris River, 26 km north of their confluence, near the boundary of the modern-day provinces of Batman and Siirt (Fig. 1). Our excavations started in 2009 during the second phase of the Ilısu salvage excavation projects, at first in cooperation with the Mardin Museum and, since 2011, with the newly-established Batman Museum. The archaeologically unexplored status of the area, and the presence of second and first millennia BC material in surface collections, supported by a surface find of a sherd inscribed with |
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ISBN: | 1784913936 9781784913939 |
DOI: | 10.2307/j.ctvxrq0m8.36 |