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Kunara, a 7-9 ha site in Iraqi Kurdistan, is being excavated since 2012 in the framework of the Mission archéologique française du Peramagron. Located in the Zagros foothills, near Suleymaniyeh, it yielded levels mostly dated to the very end of the 3rd millennium BC. This article (in two parts1) presents the results of the sixth excavation campaign in 2018. Three areas (B, C, and E) were opened. In Area B, work focused on two sectors: the entrance of the main building (B. 712) and the northwest corner of building B. 714. In Area C, the main objective was to bring to light the northwest part of the Area, especially the building B. 517 and its surroundings. In Area E, three rooms of the public edifice B. 659 were excavated over their entire surface. This paper also presents a preliminary report on the lithic artefacts and on the cuneiform tablets discovered in 2018., SCOPUS: ar.j, DecretOANoAutActif, info:eu-repo/semantics/published

Les mondes hellénistiques s’étendent de l’Anatolie à l’Indus et de l’Arménie à l’Égypte, de 323 à 31 av. J.-C. Ces territoires présentent le point commun de ne pas appartenir à l’aire culturelle grecque et d’abriter des populations aux origines et cultures diverses. L’étude des sociétés préexistantes à la conquête macédonienne apporte un élément majeur de compréhension du fonctionnement des nouveaux pouvoirs, de leur structuration et de l’administration qu’ils vont générer ainsi que des transferts culturels entre communautés. Les sources correspondant au domaine de spécialité de chacun des auteurs et le débat historiographique qu’elles suscitent sont ainsi au coeur de ce manuel. Après un tableau chronologique, sont abordées les questions de l’administration des territoires, de leur économie, du rôle des sanctuaires comme communautés locales et des aspects culturels.

Les mondes hellénistiques s’étendent de l’Anatolie à l’Indus et de l’Arménie à l’Égypte, de 323 à 31 av. J.-C. Ces territoires présentent le point commun de ne pas appartenir à l’aire culturelle grecque et d’abriter des populations aux origines et cultures diverses. L’étude des sociétés préexistantes à la conquête macédonienne apporte un élément majeur de compréhension du fonctionnement des nouveaux pouvoirs, de leur structuration et de l’administration qu’ils vont générer ainsi que des transferts culturels entre communautés. Les sources correspondant au domaine de spécialité de chacun des auteurs et le débat historiographique qu’elles suscitent sont ainsi au coeur de ce manuel. Après un tableau chronologique, sont abordées les questions de l’administration des territoires, de leur économie, du rôle des sanctuaires comme communautés locales et des aspects culturels.

Les mondes hellénistiques s’étendent de l’Anatolie à l’Indus et de l’Arménie à l’Égypte, de 323 à 31 av. J.-C. Ces territoires présentent le point commun de ne pas appartenir à l’aire culturelle grecque et d’abriter des populations aux origines et cultures diverses. L’étude des sociétés préexistantes à la conquête macédonienne apporte un élément majeur de compréhension du fonctionnement des nouveaux pouvoirs, de leur structuration et de l’administration qu’ils vont générer ainsi que des transferts culturels entre communautés. Les sources correspondant au domaine de spécialité de chacun des auteurs et le débat historiographique qu’elles suscitent sont ainsi au coeur de ce manuel. Après un tableau chronologique, sont abordées les questions de l’administration des territoires, de leur économie, du rôle des sanctuaires comme communautés locales et des aspects culturels.

Les mondes hellénistiques s’étendent de l’Anatolie à l’Indus et de l’Arménie à l’Égypte, de 323 à 31 av. J.-C. Ces territoires présentent le point commun de ne pas appartenir à l’aire culturelle grecque et d’abriter des populations aux origines et cultures diverses. L’étude des sociétés préexistantes à la conquête macédonienne apporte un élément majeur de compréhension du fonctionnement des nouveaux pouvoirs, de leur structuration et de l’administration qu’ils vont générer ainsi que des transferts culturels entre communautés. Les sources correspondant au domaine de spécialité de chacun des auteurs et le débat historiographique qu’elles suscitent sont ainsi au coeur de ce manuel. Après un tableau chronologique, sont abordées les questions de l’administration des territoires, de leur économie, du rôle des sanctuaires comme communautés locales et des aspects culturels.

Kunara is located near the modern city of Suleymaniyeh (Iraqi Kurdistan). It is a 7-10 ha site and has mainly levels dating to the last centuries of the 3rd millennium BC. This paper presents the results of the fifth excavation season in 2017, in the three areas, all opened in the lower town. In Area B, the eastern facade of the monumental building identified in 2012 has been excavated on its whole length. The work in Area C focused on the two northern buildings and on the half-sunken cellar where new cuneiform tablets belonging to the flour office were found. In Area E, we uncovered the southeast corner of the public building. Pottery, lithics and cuneiform tablets found in 2017 are also studied., SCOPUS: ar.j, DecretOANoAutActif, info:eu-repo/semantics/published

Kunara is a 7-10 ha site located near the modem city of Suleymaniyeh (Iraqi Kurdistan). It is being excavated since 2012, and has mainly levels dating to the last centuries of the 3rd millennium BC. The aim of this paper is to present the results of the 4th excavation season in 2016. Three areas were opened, all in the lower town. In Area E, a small house was excavated, against the eastern wall of the monumental building identified in 2015. In Area B, we continued the excavation of the public edifice found in 2012. Its plan gets clearer as well as its occupation sequence. The work in Area C concentrated on the two northern buildings and on the half-sunken cellar. A more recent level probably dated to the Iron Age and an older one (its date remains unknown) have also been recognized. New cuneiform tablets were found, albeit badly preserved, belonging to the same archive: the flour office. All areas yielded lithic artefacts and pottery. In 2016, we started the 3D recording of the excavation areas by stereo-photogrammetry., SCOPUS: ar.j, info:eu-repo/semantics/published

Kunara is located in the vicinity of the modern city of Suleymanieh (Iraqi Kurdistan). It covers 7-10 ha and comprises an upper town to the west and a lower town. It was surrounded by paleao-channels that could have been used for irrigation purposes. The excavations started in 2012. The aim of this paper is to present the results of the third campaign conducted in 2015. Three areas were opened (B, C, E) in the lower town, and yielded remains dated to the third part of the 3rd millennium B.C. In Area E, a monumental building was discovered, mainly characterized by a wall at least 1.35 m wide. In Area B, a public edifice was excavated, surrounded by at least three secondary buildings, and accessible by a ramp, and Area C conveyed the remains of two buildings associated with exterior floors and with a sunken cellar. In the latter, eight cuneiform tables were found. They are badly damaged, but two of them recorded entries and deliveries of different kinds of flour. Kunara presents elaborated building techniques. Walls were carefully built, usually on stone footings, with various kinds of earth superstructures in mudbrick and cob. The wide use of several cob techniques is unusual. The pottery shows that the ancient inhabitants of Kunara developed their own production influenced by the major trends attested elsewhere in Mesopotamia. Lithic artefacts are made in flint and in obsidian; obsidian was probably imported from Anatolia. A jar sealing found in Area C shows great similarities with Akkadian glyptic. Kunara was thus a local or a regional centre in this region, at that time called the Lullubum., SCOPUS: re.j, info:eu-repo/semantics/published