Tell Bderi
Late Bronze to Neo-Assyrian (c.1600–600 BCE)·Mitanni Hurrian → Middle Assyrian·🇸🇾 Hasaka Governorate, Khabur Triangle, Syria
About
About Tell Bderi
Stratified 7-m Khabur village documenting Mitanni–Assyrian agrarian collapse and recovery; Pfälzner exposed Mitanni granary with barley, then Middle Assyrian canal-side settlement with large storage pits and cuneiform barley-ration texts, illustrating climate-driven depopulation. Tell Bderi — Khabur Diluvial Tell of Mitanni–Assyrian Transition context and stratigraphy linking to regional chronology.
Why it mattersTell Bderi — Khabur Diluvial Tell of Mitanni–Assyrian Transition
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Stratigraphic relation to neighboring cultures?
Theories
- 01Regional trade node
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- Occupied Late Bronze to Neo-Assyrian (c.1600–600 BCE)
- Period
- Late Bronze to Neo-Assyrian (c.1600–600 BCE)
- Culture
- Mitanni Hurrian → Middle Assyrian
- Builders
- Local communities
- Purpose
- Agricultural village and Hurrian administration on Wadi Khabur
- Abandoned
- post-period
- Rediscovered
- 19th-century surveys, modern excavations
- Excavation
- Partially excavated
Late Bronze to Neo-Assyrian
Agricultural village and Hurrian administration on Wadi Khabur
On the ground
Structures & features
36.9000° N · 40.8500° E · 450 m · 2 mapped features
Mitanni Granary Compound
granarySil-complex with burnt barley and jar silos
36.9210° N · 40.8510° EMiddle Assyrian Canal Villge
villageRectilinear houses flanking Khabur canal with ration tablets
36.9190° N · 40.8490° E