Tell Barri — Kahat Ishtar Temple Terrace
Early Bronze to Islamic (2900 BCE–1000 CE)·Hurrian (Kahat) → Assyrian Kahat·🇸🇾 Hasakah, Khabur, near Tell Arbid, Syria
About
About Tell Barri — Kahat Ishtar Temple Terrace
Kahat excavated by Pecorella 1980–, Ishtar temple with votive plaques and Neo-Assyrian palace of Adad-nirari I.
Why it mattersKey Hurrian (Kahat) → Assyrian Kahat tell with stratified sequence and regional typology.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Trade network extent
Theories
- 01Seasonal gathering
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- c. 2900 BCE; Ishtar temple 1800 BCE; Tukulti-Ninurta palace 1200 BCE
- Period
- Early Bronze to Islamic (2900 BCE–1000 CE)
- Culture
- Hurrian (Kahat) → Assyrian Kahat
- Purpose
- Kahat temple of Ishtar on high acropolis — continuous 4000-year stratigraphy with 500 m Assyrian palace terrace
- Rediscovered
- Modern excavation 1929
- Excavation
- Excavated
c. 200 CE major extension
Major expansion / refurbishment at Tell Barri — Kahat Ishtar Temple Terrace
c. 2900 BCE; Ishtar temple 1800 BCE; Tukulti-Ninurta palace 1200 BCE
Initial construction / first occupation at Tell Barri — Kahat Ishtar Temple Terrace
On the ground
Structures & features
36.7500° N · 41.1250° E · 405 m · 3 mapped features
Tell Barri — Kahat Ishtar Temple Terrace — Principal Palace
palacepalace at Tell Barri — Kahat Ishtar Temple Terrace — subsidiary complex
36.7516° N · 41.1249° ETell Barri — Kahat Ishtar Temple Terrace — Northern Temple
templetemple at Tell Barri — Kahat Ishtar Temple Terrace — outlier feature
36.7483° N · 41.1244° ETell Barri — Kahat Ishtar Temple Terrace — Southern Gate
gategate at Tell Barri — Kahat Ishtar Temple Terrace — hydraulic feature
36.7503° N · 41.1268° E