The Akkadian Occupation in the Northwest Area of the Tell Leilan Acropolis (original) (raw)

In years 1999 and 2002 the Yale University Tell Leilan Project, directed by Prof. Harvey Weiss, focussed the excavation fieldwork on Tell Leilan Acropolis upon the Akkadian occupation of the site. The exposure now comprises 1200 square meters, and has provided new perspectives on Akkadian imperialism and Subarian adaptations. A 600 square meter unit was opened in 1999 in the Northwest Acropolis area, to the east of the 1993 excavation area, which had produced important data on the occupation in periods Leilan IIa (preAkkadian) and Leilan IIb (Akkadian) (Weiss 1997; Weiss et al. 2002; Ristvet _ Weiss 2004). In year 2002 the excavation was further enlarged northwards, 600 square meters were added to the already exposed area, and produced a complex Akkadian administrative centre across the street from an Akkadian administrative building, shedding light on the Akkadian imperialization of Tell Leilan and its environs. In particular, in square 44 W 16 the retrieval of school tablets assoc...