Tell Brak Eye Temple Outlier Sector — Western Terrace

Why it mattersKey temple-complex for Al-Hasakah, Tell Brak, illustrating Uruk Period construction and landscape organisation; stratified sequence with radiometric dates.

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Built

c. 3500 BCE

Period

Late Chalcolithic (4000-3200 BCE)

Culture

Uruk Period

Purpose

Ceremonial centre and pilgrimage focus with stratified deposits

Excavation

Partially excavated

1. c. 3500 BCE

   Initial construction of Tell Brak Eye Temple Outlier Sector — Western Terrace main structure

2. c. 1162 BCE

   Secondary refurbishment / reuse phase documented stratigraphically at Tell Brak Eye Temple Outlier Sector — Western Terrace

3. 19th–20th century

   Modern excavation and survey (campaigns at Tell Brak Eye Temple Outlier Sector — Western Terrace) with geophysical prospection

• Tell Brak Eye Temple Outlier Sector — Western Terrace — Main Temple-Complex Feature

  reservoir

  Primary reservoir at Tell Brak Eye Temple Outlier Sector — Western Terrace — enclosure wall with stratified deposits

  36.6736° N · 41.0627° E

• Tell Brak Eye Temple Outlier Sector — Western Terrace — Secondary Enclosure

  mound

  Ancillary mound at Tell Brak Eye Temple Outlier Sector — Western Terrace — burial gallery with stratified deposits

  36.6758° N · 41.0647° E

• Tell Brak Eye Temple Outlier Sector — Western Terrace — Outlier Rock Art Panel

  dromos

  Outlier dromos panel linked to Tell Brak Eye Temple Outlier Sector — Western Terrace ceremonial landscape

  36.6750° N · 41.0628° E

• Tell Brak Eye Temple Outlier Sector — Western Terrace — Hydraulic/Cistern Annex

  structure

  Hydraulic feature — cistern/reservoir at Tell Brak Eye Temple Outlier Sector — Western Terrace with plastered basin

  36.6762° N · 41.0654° E