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In 2016 new research using carbon dating and dendrology on timber used in this site and the palace in Kültepe show the felling dates for primary construction of the Sarıkaya Palace at Acemhöyük are placed at RY730-731 on the MBA chronology. RY732 equates with 1793–1784 BCE (68.2% hpd; the 95.4% hpd
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Between 1932 and 1937, a group of 2nd millennium B.C. ivory furniture fittings were donated to the
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In the Middle Bronze IIA, a palace building was built on the citadel. The western part of the palace has been completely destroyed by later settlement and modern activity. The 1.5-2 metre thick walls are still visible up to 3.8 metres high in places. The palace must have contained around 50 rooms
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is a specific type of a bottle that was widespread in Syria, Anatolia, and
Mesopotamia. A fine example of a Syrian bottle from Acemhöyük has been dated to the beginning of the Early Bronze Age III (2450-2300 BC). The vessel appears to have been imported, and it may be related to the flat- and
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Assyrian documents were discovered in Acemhöyük during the excavations of 2012/2013. One is a label, and the other is a small tablet, which is the first such discovery here. They were found in the structure known as the “Service Building” within the Sarikaya palace.
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Hellenistic or Roman period.
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Anatolian Trade Network which reached Troy and the Cyclades in the west, and Mesopotamia in the east. In the mid-3rd millennium BC, Acemhöyük emerged with connections with West Anatolia and Syria.
344:(the exact number is uncertain due to the subsequent destruction). The northern, eastern and western sides were surrounded by a portico, made of marble bases and wooden pillars. The ground floor of the building was used for storage purposes. Clay
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Such items reflect cultural and commercial connections of the settlement, as well as its chronology. These small bottles appear mainly in funerary contexts, and sometimes also in domestic and public contexts. Their shapes can be either of a long
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The orthographic and contextual features of the discovery indicate that the tablet is contemporary with the Level Ib of Kültepe. The date is estimated as around 1700 BC, which is the time towards the end of the Old
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Some 'Syrian bottles' have been discovered here in Level XI of the settlement. Such items indicate the wide interregional commercial relations of Acemhöyük during the Early Bronze Age III period. They are similar to the
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Assyrian Trade Colonies period. The mound was excavated by Nimet Özgüç and Aliye Öztan between 1962 and 2019.
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is 1797–1781 BCE). This research shows that middle or low-middle chronology are the only remaining possible chronologies that fit these new data.
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Manning, Sturt W.; Griggs, Carol B.; Lorentzen, Brita; Barjamovic, Gojko; Ramsey, Christopher Bronk; Kromer, Bernd; Wild, Eva Maria (2016).
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Syrian bottles from ancient Anatolia were made of clay or even from metal. They originated in Mesopotamia around the mid 3rd millennium BC.
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Red-burnished ceramic flask, in shape called "Syrian bottle". "Red-Lustruous Ware", wheel-made, typical of Syria and
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were found in all the rooms. It is assumed that the rooms of the officials were on the upper floor, as at Kültepe.
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