VOLUME IX • PART 2 • AUTUMN 1947

CONTENTS EXCAVATIONS AT BRAK AND CHAGAR BAZAR,

by M. E. L. MALLOWAN.

PART HI: CATALOGUE 90

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1947.

CONTENTS EXCAVATIONS AT BRAK AND CHAGAR BAZAR, by M. E. L. MALLOWAN

INTRODUCTION l

PART I : BRAK AND CHAGAR BAZAR : THEIR CONTRIBUTION TO ARCHAEOLOGY IO

PART II: BUILDINGS AND STRATIFICATION :

SECTION I—BRAK 48

SECTION 2 — C H A G A R BAZAR 81

PART II I : CATALOGUE 89

N O T I C E CONCERNING INDEX 259

LIST OF PLATES I. Alabaster head of the Jamdat Nasr period : (a) profile ; (b) oblique ; {c) back.

II. Calcite and alabaster heads of the Jamdat Nasr period.

III. Central section of the golden frieze from the altar in the Eye-Temple sanctuary.

IV. Nos. 1, 3. The frieze as found.

No. 2. Silver stemmed nails with golden heads used for fixing the frieze.

V. Stone rosettes from the Eye-Temple.

VI. Stone mace heads and clay cone mosaic from the Eye-Temple.

VII. Nos. 1-8. Cylinder seal, copper panelling with eye design, stone models of lion, monkey and bear, from the Eye-Temple and platform.

VIII. Stone amulets, mace head and model shoe.

IX. Stone models of frogs, lions and a dog.

X. Stone and faience models of animals, Jamdat Nasr period.

XI. Stone and bone amulets of the Jamdat Nasr period.

XII. Amulets of the Jamdat Nasr period.

XIII. Amulets of the Jamdat Nasr period.

XIV. Amulets of the Jamdat Nasr period.

XV. Amulets and small objects of various periods.

XVI. Amulets and small objects of the Jamdat Nasr period.

XVII. Faience amulets and stone kidney seals of the Jamdat Nasr period.

XVIII. Stone amulets of the Jamdat Nasr period.

XIX. Circular stone stamp seals and amulets of the Jamdat Nasr period.

XX. Stamp seals and amulets of the Jamdat Nasr period.

XXI. Cylinder seals.

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XXII. Cylinder seals.

XXIII. Seal impressions.

XXIV. Seal impressions.

XXV. Alabaster Eye-Idols and terracotta Spectacle-idols.

XXVI. Eye-idols, alabaster figurine and various forms of Spectacle-idols. (All from Brak except No. i, a north Syrian gable seal from the Hogarth Collection, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford.)

XXVII. Beads restrung as necklaces. Small centre string, Agade period : remainder date from Jamdat Nasr period.

XXVIII. Beads of the Agade and Jamdat Nasr periods.

XXIX. A. Basalt mould for casting copper chisels and daggers. B. Bead maker's outfit and raw materials.

XXX. Mural decorations of the Uruk and Jamdat Nasr periods from the Eye-Temple platform.

XXXI. Copper tools, pins and weapons.

XXXII. Silver, copper and lead objects. (No. 8 much enlarged.)

XXXIII. Silver and electrum beads, pendants and ear-rings of the Agade period

XXXIV. Clay cup containing treasure. Agade period.

XXXV. Jewellery of the Agade period.

XXXVI. Jewellery of the Agade period.

XXXVII. Flint arrow heads (except No. 3 obsidian).

XXXVIII. Terracotta figurines, vase and stone head (No. 3).

XXXIX. Bitumen model of human foot, clay horns of consecration, burnished clay vases.

XL. Painted clay face-vase.

XLI. Bronze (?) battle axe and copper pins from Chagar Bazar.

XLII. Carnelian and limestone cylinder seals, terracotta figurines, copper spear and pin from Chagar Bazar.

XLIII. Painted potsherds, clay cornet and incised bowl.

XLIV. Painted potsherds of the Uruk and Jamdat Nasr periods.

XLV. Stone amulets and a circular stamp seal. Uruk and Jamdat Nasr periods.

XLVI. Stone and bone amulets of the Jamdat Nasr period.

XLVII. Stone amulets of the Jamdat Nasr period (except No. 1).

XLVIII. No. 1. Naram-Sin's Palace, room 10, looking east.

No. *. Naram-Sin's Palace, east wall of room 20. No. 3. Plano-convex mud-brick pavement, doorway, and stone door-socket in the Early

Dynastic Eye-Temple. No. 4. The altar or podium at the south end of the Eye-Temple sanctuary. No. 5. Outer face of west wall of the Eye-Temple, showing the heavy rough hewn Basalt blocks

composing the buttress. No. 6. Early dynastic foundation box on the site of the latest Eye-Temple. No. 7. Mud-brick altar in a private chapel of the third Dynasty of Ur.

XLIX. No. 1. Main extent of the excavations, facing east. Eye-Temple and Naram-Sin's Palace in the foreground.

No. *. Houses of the second millennium B.C. on the summit of the mound Brak.

LIST OF PLATES • • •

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L. No. i. Completed panel of the golden frieze from the late Jamdat Nasr Period Eye-Temple sanctuary.

No. *. Chagar Bazar. Window or hatch in the tablet building of Iasmakh Adad.

No. 3. Sacred Hearth or Altar discovered on site H.H., Brak.

No. 4. Fragment of alabaster vase inscribed with name of King Rimush. From Naram Sin's Palace, Brak.

LI. Types of Eye-Idols.

H I . Stone objects, mostly of the Jamdat Nasr period.

LIII. Small objects from Brak (except No. 32 from Tall Aswad).

LIV. Figurines.

LV. Clay figurines and metal objects from Chagar Bazar.

LVI. Contour map of Tall Brak.

LVII. The Eye-Temple at Brak.

LVIII. Plan of the Underground Chambers beneath the Eye-Temple. Entered from shaft Number one.

LIX. The Palace at Brak. Akkadian and post-Akkadian buildings as excavated.

LX. The Palace at Brak. The Akkadian Building of Naram Sin.

LXI. The C.H. dig at Brak.

LXII. B. The F.S. dig at Brak.

A. The E.R. dig at Brak.

LXIII. T*//Brak. Dig H.H.

LXIV. Schematic section through the mound of Brak showing objects from the successive occupation levels.

LXV. Unpainted pottery, Brak.

LXVI. Unpainted, incised and ribbed pottery, Brak.

LXVII. Painted and unpainted pottery, and one stone vase (No. 8), Brak.

LXVUI. Unpainted pottery, Brak.

LXIX. Painted and unpainted pottery, Brak.

LXX. Pottery with applique" and incised decoration, Brak.

LXXI. Unpainted pottery, Brak.

LXXII. Unpainted pottery, Brak.

LXXIII. Unpainted pottery, Brak.

LXXIV. Painted and unpainted pottery, Brak.

LXXV. Unpainted pottery, Brak.

LXXVI. Painted " Nuzu " ware.

LXXVII. " Nuzu '* ware painted goblets and vases, Brak.

LXXVIII. Painted pottery of the " Nuzu " period, Brak.

LXXIX. Painted and unpainted pottery. Nos. 1-3 " Nuzu " period ; No. 4 Prehistoric T. Halaf ware, Brak.

LXXX. Prehistoric painted pottery, Brak.

IV LIST OF PLATES

LXXXI. Painted and unpainted pottery from Chagar Bazar.

LXXXLT. Painted and unpainted pottery from Chagar Bazar.

LXXXIII. Chagar Bazar.

LXXXIV. Faience and glazed steatite beads of the Jamdat Nasr period, Brak.

LXXXV. Bone and stone beads, Jamdat Nasr, early dynastic, and Agade periods, Brak.

LXXXVI. Bone and stone spacers and beads, Jamdat Nasr and early dynastic periods, Brak.

LIST OF I L L U S T R A T I O N S IN T E X T FIGS, I TO 5. Types of Eye-Idols

FIG. 6. " Spectacle-topped " Idol

FIG. 7. (a and b). Circular Stone Stamp

FIG. 8. Sketch map of sites in Western Asia

FIG. 9. Bead with spirals, Brak

FIG. 10. ,, ,, „ Alaca Hiiyiik . .

FIG. 11. „ „ „ Troy

FIGS. 12-14.,, ,, ,, Ur . . . . . .

FIG. 15. „ „ ,, Hissar

FIG. 16. ,, „ ,, Mari

FIG. 17. „ „ „ Mycenae . . . .

FIG. 18. ,, „ „ Veri . . . .

FIG. 19. Design upon a seal from Tall Aqrab