Buccellati Giorgio, Kelly-Buccellati Marilyn. Mozan 1: The Soundings of the First Two Seasons

Undena Publications, 1988. — 95 p. — (Bibliotheca Mesopotamica 20).Preliminary soundings were conducted at Tell Mozan in the north-central portion of
the Khabur plains in 1984 and 1985. The site has proven to be a major urban settlement
of the third millennium and early part of the second millennium, with the possibility that
it may correspond to ancient Urkish, known to have been a major Hurrian center in the
early periods.
This volume reports on the finds made as well as on various aspects and research
goals of the project. After a presentation of the environmental, historical, archaeological and
methodological considerations which provide the project its special scope, the following topics
are covered: the two surface surveys of the High Mound and Outer City respectively; the
excavations of the City Wall at the base, and of a stone building at the top of the High
Mound; the artifacts found during the excavations, with special reference to an important
group of seal impressions mostly on door sealings; paleobotanical and C14 samples; the beginning
of a regional survey in the immediate vicinity of Tell Mozan; an art historical discussion
(by O. W. Muscarella) of the Urkish lion pegs preserved in the Louvre and the Metropolitan
Museum of Art; and the application of computer aided design techniques to a study of the
stone building on top of the High Mound.