Excavation at Tell Sheikh Hamad (Syria)
DFG (Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft), long-term project
Aerial photo of the excavation area "Mittlere Unterstadt II" with the „Neoassyrian residences“ (left) and the „Rotes Haus“ (red house), state of 2008.
Image Credit: © Tell Schech Hamad Projekt
The „Rote Haus“ (red house, building area: 5.200 square metre) from North
Image Credit: © Tell Sheikh Hamad Project
Project partners:
Prof. em. Dr. Wolfgang Röllig †, Universität Tübingen
Asaad Mahmoud, Director of museum of Deir az-Zor, Syrien
Staff during the project duration:
Active excavation staff in various roles (archaeologists, architects, and excavation technicians):
Belgin Aksoy; Hiba al-Bassir; Wassim Alrez; Frank Andraschko; Hala Attoura; Johannes Baßler; Mathias Benter; Reinhard Bernbeck; Franziska Bloch; Sabine Böhme; Rein Breuer; Susanne Carbon; Cora Cieslak; Verena Daiber; Chiara de Cesari; Paolo del Vesco; Christopher Dietsch; Heike Dohmann; Eva-Maria Engel; Jörg Ewersen; Jörg Fanelli; Michael Fey; Jan Fischer; Kristina Franke; Anja Fügert; Britta Fürste; Susanne Görke; Anthony Green; Christian Grewe; Susanna Grippa; Renate Gut; Diana Hacki; Frank Hahme; Jutta Häser; Stefan Hauser; Bernhard Heeb; Nils Heeßel; Hinz-Holger Hirth; Sonja Jaeger; Christoph Jahn; Ursula Janssen; Heinz Jantzen; Sara Kayser; Susanne Kerner; Kristin Kleber; Susanne Kolbus; Achim Krekeler; F. Janoscha Kreppner; Hannelore Kretzschmann; Andreas Krusch; Sabina Kulemann; Susanne Kunze; Roland Lamprichs; Stephanie Langer; Benjamin Langner-Wehry; Roger Leenders; Gunnar Lehmann; Astrid Lindenlauf; Marta Luciani; Jessica Mahler; Cigdem Maner; Elisabetta Manisco; Sophie Mankel; Stefan Mathey; Kimiyoshi Matsumura; Florian Mattheis; Donald Matthews; Ellen McAdam; Jan-Waalke Meyer; Daniele Morandi Bonacossi; Nina-Ann Müller; Birgit Müller; Bernd Müller-Neuhof; Mirko Novak; Gernot Nürnberger; Claus Oeftiger; Felix Oehler; Andreas Oettel; Peter Pahlen; Georg Pasewald; Ursula Pause-Dreyer; Anna Peserico; Martin Peters; Peter Pfälzner; Angela Pfotenhauer; Ulrich Plathe; Beate Pongratz-Leisten; Gerti Preuss; Regine Pruzsinszki; Marina Pucci; Martina Raedel; Patrick Rau; Jens Rohde; Christian Schappelwein; Nikolaus Schlüter; Roman Schmalfuß; Jochen Schmid; Tobias Schmidt; Kathrin Schmitt; Hans Peter Schmitz; Bernhard Schneider; Chiara Schoch; Tatjana Scholz; Beate Schröder; Christine Sennewald; Frank Simon; Christoph Sommerfeld; Katja Sternitzke; Hans Steuerwald; Brigitte Surra; Stefan Thiel; Barbara Thode; Barbara Tratsaert; Luitgart v. Lengerich; Joke Vansweevelt; Christian Velde; Frank Voigt; Alexandra Walther; Andrea Weihs; Arne Weiser; Jürgen Weixer; Constanze Wilkens; Ulrich Windisch; Burkhard Wollenweber.
Epigrapher:
Wolfgang Röllig †, Eva Cancik-Kirschbaum, Karen Radner, Saqer Salah.
Staff working in the fields of registration of artefacts, restoration, drawings, photography, pottery processing, and as home and appliance technicians:
Mahmoud al-Ali; Hiba al-Bassir; Jasim al-Ubaid; layla al-Zubaidi; Claus Ambos; Sylvia André; Matthias Antkowiak; Nuri as-Suadi; Susanne Bachem; Hassani Bahit; Charlotte Bank; Daliah Bawanypek; Reinhold Berger; Thomas Blie; Norbert Böer; Dominik Bonatz; Heribert Braun; Grégory Chambon; Rainer Czichon; Julia Da Canalis; Franziska Desch; Ewa Dutkiewicz; Gabriele Elsen-Novak; Mohammad Fares; Andree Forßbohm; Christoph Forster; Anja Fügert; Amy Gansell; Stefanie Gemünd; Annegret Gerick; Bernhard Geub; Jörg Giese; Eva Götting; Heiner Grieb; Norbert Grundmann; Uwe Karsten Günther; Carmen Gütschow; Halil Hajan; Hauwaz Halil; Kemal Hassaian; Julia Hechtenberg; Peter Heger; Anja Hellmuth; Birte Holländer; Dorothea Issel; Holger Janeke; Ingeborg Kader; Antonia Kaes; Anja Kaeselitz; Elif Kaner; Christina Katzer; Barbara Kaulen; Sara Kayser; Nasrin Khan; Judith Kirchhofer; Konstanze Kitt; Ursula Kling; Claudia Kling; Susanne Koch; Helga Kosak; Panagula Hariklia Kotsiari; Sabina Kulemann; Astrid Lange; Michael Leicht; Jörg Lemke; Christine Lincke; Wiebke Liwak; Tilman Lüdke; Marlies Mäder; Sophie Mankel; Dieter Martin; Rosemarie Martin; Mahmoud Mashekh; Faiz Muhesen; Cija Muhesen; Petra Müller; Ina Neese; Andreas Neuber; Ulrike Neuhäuser; Barbara Niemeyer; Andreas Oettel; Sebastian Pechtold; Sebastian Pechtold; Monika Perkovic; Reena Perschke; Regina Peters; Claudia Pörschmann; Uta Rauser; Nicola Reßler; Annabet Röllig; Christiane Römer; Ulrich Runge; Linda Rust; Sausan Saleh; Beate Salje; Ulrich Schede; Andrea Schlickmann; Hartmut Schmidt; Babette Schnitzlein; Chiara Schoch; Tatjana Scholz; Annette Schulz; Monika Schuol; Ghulfan Shebli; Anne-Christin Stabrodt; Katja Sternitzke; Johanna Stockbrügger; Rita Strauß; Katharina Teinz; Sönke Tiedje; Stefanie Tiltmann; Francelin Tourtet; Klaus Traulsen; Christoph von Bieberstein; Hartmut von Wieckowski; Ernestine Weckend; Rosemarie Windorf; Hagen Wirsing; Konrad Wita; Gabriela Wüsten.
The local excavation workers came from the villages of Gharibe, Sheikh Hamad and Husein; some family members had been involved for several generations. They were able to complete training courses to become specialised workers and foremen, or to further their education in restoration and drawing.
We would like to express our sincere thanks to all employees for their efforts!
Exhibition:
A permanent exhibition on the results of the Tell Sheikh Hamad excavation project entitled: "From Province to Global Importance: The Assyrian Metropolis Dur-Katlimmu" is located in the transverse corridor adjacent to seminar room -1.1062 opposite the "Café Holzkopf" in the building at Fabeckstr. 23-25, 14195 Berlin (Holzlaube).