From Edessa to Urfa the fortification of the citadel / Cristina Tonghini.

Yer Numarası
B.I/9780
ISBN
9781789697568
9781789697575 (e-Pdf)
Dil Kodu
İngilizce
Yayın Bilgisi
Oxford : Archaeopress Publishing, ©2021.
Fiziksel Niteleme
vi, 259 sayfa : resim (renkli), plan, tablo ; 29 cm.
Dizi
Archaeopress archaeology
Bibliyografi, vb. Notu
Bibliyografya s. [256]-259.
İçindekiler Notu
Introduction -- The fortification of the citadel the written sources -- Building and re-building: a summary of events -- Edessa and its fortifications in Byzantine times (6th-11th centuries) / N. Zorzi -- The citadels and the city walls in the Syriac sources / E. Fiori -- Edessa in Armenian sources / T. L. Andrews -- The citadel of al-Ruhā’ in the Arabic sources : an overview ; The fortifications of Edessa in medieval Latin sources / D. Pringle -- Ruhā in the Persian sources: an elusive presence / S. Cristoforetti -- The citadel of Urfa in the Ottoman written sources / O. Usta -- The inscriptions from the citadel -- Notes on some Greek inscriptions from Edessa / N. Zorzi -- The Arabic inscriptions of the citadel of al-Ruhā’ (Urfa/Şanlıurfa) / R. Giunta -- The fortification of the citadel : the material evidence -- The archaeological analysis -- The material evidence: Period 1 (post 3rd-6th centuries?) -- The material evidence : Period 2 (post 6th-11th centuries?) -- The material evidence: Period 3 (late 11th-12th centuries?) -- The material evidence: Period 4 (13th-14th centuries) -- The material evidence: Period 5 (15th century) -- The material evidence: Period 6 (16th century) ; The material evidence: Period 7 (17th century) -- The material evidence: Periods 8 (18th-19th centuries) and 9 (post Ottoman to the present) -- The masonry typology (with Technical Notes by J.-Cl. Bessac) -- Conclusions.
Özet, vb.
“From Edessa to Urfa: the Fortification of the Citadel is the outcome of an archaeological research project focused on a specific monumental area in the city of Urfa: its citadel. Urfa is better known to the general reader by its ancient name, Edessa. Three seasons of fieldwork were carried out (2014-2016), concentrating on the study of the evidence preserved above ground and employing the methods of stratigraphic analysis to identify the building sequence of the citadel and to characterise the various building phases. Transformation of the relative sequence into absolute chronology depended primarily on inscriptions in situ, but also on typological elements (masonry type, decorative elements, specific architectural forms). Data from the written sources also contributed relevant information regarding the development of the fortification works and the establishment of an absolute sequence“ -- Yayıncı.