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Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Tell_Saadiya > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Tell_Saadiya.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tell_Saadiya > Source revision: 1333647593 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) {{Short description|Archaeological settlement mound (tell) in Iraq}} {{Infobox ancient site | name = {{wikidata|label}} | native_name = {{#statements:P1705}} | native_name_lang = | alternate_name = {{wikidata|aliases}} | image = {{#statements:P18}} | image_size = | alt = | caption = | map = | map_type = {{wikidata|property|P17}}#Near East | map_alt = | map_caption = | map_size = | mapframe = | altitude_m = {{wikidata|property|raw|P2044}} | altitude_ref = | relief = yes | coordinates = {{Coord|format=dms|display=inline,title}} | gbgridref = | map_dot_label = | location = {{#statements:P131}}, {{#statements:P17}} | region = {{#statements:P276}} | type = {{#statements:P31}} | part_of = | length = {{#statements:P2043}} | width = {{#statements:P2049}} | area = {{#statements:P2046}} | volume = | diameter = {{#statements:P2386}} | circumference = {{#statements:P2547}} | height = {{#statements:P2048}} | builder = | material = | built = | abandoned = | epochs = {{#statements:P2348}} | cultures = | dependency_of = | occupants = | event = | discovered = | excavations = {{wikidata|qualifier|qualifier|qualifier|P793|Q959782|P580|P585|P582|sep%q=– }} | archaeologists = {{#statements:P4345}} | condition = {{#statements:P5816}} | ownership = | management = | public_access = | other_designation = | website = | architectural_styles = | architectural_details = | notes = }} '''Tell Saadiya''' (also '''Tell es-Saadiya''') is a [tell](/source/Tell_(archaeology)), or archaeological settlement [mound](/source/mound), in [Diyala Governorate](/source/Diyala_Governorate) ([Iraq](/source/Iraq)).{{Cite web|title=Tell Saadiya|url=https://pcma.uw.edu.pl/en/2019/01/07/tell-saadiya/|access-date=2020-08-03|website=pcma.uw.edu.pl}} == Archaeological research == Excavations at the site were conducted in 1979–1980. They were part of an international [salvage operation](/source/Rescue_archaeology) organized by the Iraqi Directorate of Antiquities which aimed to protect historical monuments in the [Gebel Hamrin](/source/Hamrin_Mountains) region endangered by the building of a [dam](/source/Hemrin_Dam) on the [Diyala River](/source/Diyala_River){{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,Stefan K. Kozłowski i inni, Irak, Zsolt Kiss (eds.). In 50 lat polskich wykopalisk w Egipcie i na Bliskim Wschodzie, Warszawa: PCMA 1986. [Hamrin Dam Salvage Project](/source/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](/source/Polish_Centre_of_Mediterranean_Archaeology_University_of_Warsaw), headed by Stefan K. Kozłowski and [Piotr Bieliński](/source/Piotr_Bieli%C5%84ski). 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](/source/Stratigraphy_(archaeology)). The excavations uncovered a settlement from the [Ubaid period](/source/Ubaid_period) (5th millennium BC) with multi-room houses built of sun-dried [mud-bricks](/source/Mudbrick), as well as pottery [kilns](/source/Kiln). Some of the houses were more impressive, featuring a central hall with rooms, usually smaller, adjacent to their longer sides. Child burials in [urns](/source/Urn) were found under some of the floors. These [burial](/source/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](/source/M._L._Bernhard) (eds.). In: Od Nilu do Eufratu: polska archeologia śródziemnomorska 1981–1994, Warsaw: PCMA 1995. == See also == *[Cities of the ancient Near East](/source/Cities_of_the_ancient_Near_East) * [Tell Rashid](/source/Tell_Rashid) * [Tell Abada](/source/Tell_Abada) *[Tell Madhur](/source/Tell_Madhur) *[Tell Yelkhi](/source/Tell_Yelkhi) *[Tell Suleimah](/source/Tell_Suleimah) == References == == Further reading == * [https://www.unesco.pl/fileadmin/user_upload/Publikacje/UNESCO_Biuletyn_2017-2018_ENG.pdf 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 == * [https://pcma.uw.edu.pl/en/2019/01/07/tell-saadiya/ Salvage excavations at Tell Saadiya] {{Authority control}} Saadiya Category:Diyala Governorate Category:Ubaid period Saadiya --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Tell Saadiya](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tell_Saadiya) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tell_Saadiya?action=history)). Available under [Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International](https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Changes may have been made.