The exploration of the site of Khirbet al-Batrawy, a previously unknown (even for the JADIS) 3rd millennium BC city lying in the northern periphery of the modern city of Zarqa, started in 2005 and it was carried on for nine seasons (2005-2013) by Rome «La Sapienza» Expedition to Jordan with the support of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, under the aegis of the Department of Antiquities of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. The present overview is focused on finds and discoveries from the northern defenses and the “Palace of the Copper Axes” in the last four seasons 2010-2013

Khirbat al-Batrawi 2010-2013: The City Defenses and the Palace of Copper Axes / Nigro, Lorenzo. - STAMPA. - 12(2016), pp. 135-154.

Khirbat al-Batrawi 2010-2013: The City Defenses and the Palace of Copper Axes

NIGRO, Lorenzo
2016

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The exploration of the site of Khirbet al-Batrawy, a previously unknown (even for the JADIS) 3rd millennium BC city lying in the northern periphery of the modern city of Zarqa, started in 2005 and it was carried on for nine seasons (2005-2013) by Rome «La Sapienza» Expedition to Jordan with the support of the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, under the aegis of the Department of Antiquities of the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. The present overview is focused on finds and discoveries from the northern defenses and the “Palace of the Copper Axes” in the last four seasons 2010-2013
2016
Studies on the History and Archaeology of Jordan XII: Transparent Borders
Khirbet al-Batrawy; Copper Axes; Early Bronze Age; Jordan
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