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Part II. Brak and Chagar Bazar: Buildings and Stratification. Section 1.—Brak

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 August 2014

M. E. L. Mallowan
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Tall Brak is situated at approximately the same latitude as Alexandretta and Nineveh, about 300 miles east of the Mediterranean and 130 miles west of the Tigris as the crow flies. The two nearest towns are Nasibin, 46 kilometres to the north and Hasaka, 43 kilometres to the south, where the River Jaghjagha joins the lower Khabur. Brak is within easy reach of water as it lies only four kilometres from the west bank of the River Jaghjagha and its confluence the wadi Radd.

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Excavations at Brak and Chagar Bazar
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IRAQ , Volume 9 , Issue 1 , Spring 1947 , pp. 48 - 80
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Copyright © The British Institute for the Study of Iraq 1947

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page 52 note 1 It is, I hope, obvious that we would not have resorted to this method of excavation if the subterranean chambers had not already been in existence. Nor did we attempt to open any new tunnels, or do anything to destroy the stratified brickwork.

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page 79 note 3 Site H.F. is indicated by the two black rectangles between the 15 and 20 metre contours, on the S.W. end of the mound.