THE EARLY BRONZE AGE IN

THE NEAR EAST

EB in the Upper Euphrates RegionEB in the Upper Euphrates Region

Ceramic sequence in the Upper Euphrates region: base for a regional relative chronology

• Phase 1-2: 3200-2600

• Phase 3: 2600-2450

• Phase 4: 2450-2300

• Phase 5: 2300-2100

• Phase 6: 2100-1900 (EB/MB)

Pottery assamblages phases 1-2

Pottery assamblage phase 3: Euphrates banded ware

Pottery assamblage phase 4

EBA Habuba Kebira fortification system

Residential quarters in Selenkahiye (left) and Halawa A (right)

Tell Banat – Public Building (2600-2300 BC)

Selenkahiye – „Southern Mansion” (2400-2100 BC)

Tell Halawa B (3200-2600 BC) sacral complex?

Tell Halawa B wall paintings (3200-2600)

Halawa B sacral complex

Qara Quzaq – a temple

Halawa A – temple in antis (2400-2100 BC)

Tell Halawa A temple in antis

Tell Halawa A – a stele found in a temple

TELL BANAT – TOMB 7 (top) THE WHITE MONUMENT - funeral mound associated with a cult of the deceased (bottom) (2600-2450)