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CATALOGUE.OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL MATERIALS..

IN THE DEPARTMENT OF ARCHAEOLOGY OF WESTERN ASIA
Part 5Prehistoric Pottery from Telul eth-Thalathat, Iraq
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Prehistoric Pottery from Telul eth-Thalathat, Iraq
Yoshihiro Nishiaki
The University Museum.
The University of Tokyo

Telul eth-Thalathat represents a group of archaeological mounds situated about 50 kmwest of Mosul. North Iraq (Figs.l and 2). Three of the mounds. designated Thalathat L IIand V respectively, were extensively excavated in the 1950s to the 70s by the Tokyo
University Iraq-Iran Archaeological Expedition. The excavations produced a large amountof archaeological materials. most of which from the 1956. 1957. 1964 and 1965 seasons arecurrently stored at the University Museum. This catalogue documents a selection ofcomplete and nearly complete pottery from the museum collection.
The main occupation levels of Thalathat mounds are assigned to the 7th to the 2ndmillennium l3C as shown in Fig. 3. Thalathat II was mainly occupied in the Sotto-Umm
Dabaghiyah to the Gawra periods with an apparent break in the IIalaf period. Pottery
from the surface deposits and intrusive burial pits. however. indicate later occupations aswell. The time span covered by Thalathat V. a nearby low mound. is much more limited.
All the defined levels belonged to the Ninevite 5 period. although a small amount of earlier
pottery was also collected from the underlying deposits that were not fully explored.
Thalathat I. the largest mound rising over 20 m from the surrounding surface. wasexcavated only in an restricted area. The pottery typology places its top levels to theAkkad to the Old Assyrian periods, but earlier remains should certainly exist underneath.
Plates and descriptive data of the pottery in this catalogue are presented according tomounds (Thalathat II. V to I). and by chronologically preceding ones first within each group.
The descriptive data incorporates unpublished information of pottery provenances. An
index by specimen numbers will be found at the end of the present volume.
The publications referred to in this catalogue are abbreviated as follows:"Thalathat. Vol. L" for Telul eth-T/111/atlwr, Vol. I. The Excamtions of Telf II. 1956 - /957,editedby N. Egami. 1958. The Institute of Oriental Culture. The University of Tokyo.
··Thalathat. Vol. II," for Te/11! eth-Tlwlarlwt. Vol. II, The E,rnvatio11.1 of' Te/f II. The Third St'asm1(/964). edited by S. Fukai. K. Horiuchi and T. Matsutani. 1970. The Institute of OrientalCulture. The University of Tokyo.
"Thalathat. Vol. III." for Tel111 eth-Thalathat. Vol. Ill. The Excavations rd' Tl'II V, The Fourth Season(/965). edited by S. Fukai. K. Horiuchi and T. Matsutani.

Culture. The University of Tokyo.

1974. The Institute of OrientalDescription of the 1965 season's investigation at Thalathat I has not been published as aseparate volume: a brief reference is available in a preliminary report of the 1976
excavations (Fukai. S. and T. Matsutani. Excavations at Telul eth-Thalathat, 1976, Sumer 33/
1 : 48 - 64, 1977).

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