Printing cost request Qatna Studien 11.3: Anne Wissing – Eva Geith – Sarah Lange-Weber, Der Königspalast von Qatna, Architektur, Stratigraphie, Funde und Keramik des Saals B sowie der nördlichen und westlichen Palastbereiche. Die Nutzungsphasen G 8 bis G 6/5.

• Applicant: Professor Dr. Peter Pfälzner
• Subject Area: Egyptology and Ancient Near Eastern Studies
• Term: from 2022 to 2024
• Project identifier: Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) - Project number 497021133

The application submitted here requests a printing subsidy for the volume Qaṭna Studien 11.3. It is the third sub-volume of the comprehensive volume QS 11, an opus composed of three volumes, which contains the architecture and stratigraphy as well as the finds and the pottery from most of the rooms of the Royal Palace of Qaṭna. The three-part volume complements the already published volumes QS 5 and QS 6, which present the building history and construction techniques of the palace as well as the central palace area around Hall C. While the first two sub-volumes of QS 11, i.e. QS 11.1 and 11.2, whose printing costs were applied for separately, contain the older phases up to the construction of the foundations of the Royal Palace, the third sub-volume, QS 11.3, is mainly dedicated to phases G 8 and G 7. These are the two main phases of use of the Royal Palace in the Middle and Late Bronze Age. Furthermore, the Iron Age features on the site of the palace, which was destroyed in the late 14th century BC, are published in this volume. The final chapter is devoted to the areas north of the Royal Palace, where investigations concerning the urban integration of the palace have taken place. Various authors have contributed to the volume. Most of the texts are written by Eva Geith, Anne Wissing and Sarah Lange-Weber, who participated in major functions in the excavations and have undertaken the study work of the excavation results. In addition, there are contributions by Simon Halama and Benjamin Glissmann, who were also involved in the excavations and have studied the excavation areas they supervised. The detailed presentation of the architectural findings reveals that the palace underwent numerous alterations and renovations in the course of its approximately 400 years of use. However, the general room layout was not significantly modified during this process. For the reconstruction of the furnishings and the inventories of the individual rooms, the findings are compared with the documentation of the old excavations of Du Mesnil du Buisson. This allows the old finds and features to be re-contextualised. Many of the architectural features presented, such as the completely preserved doors or intermediate ceilings, are particularly relevant for the history of ancient Near Eastern architecture due to their exceptional state of preservation.Another special concern of the volume is to present the finds and pottery collections in their contextual and stratigraphic context. The pottery is of great importance because the assemblages are stratigraphically well secured. The Middle Bronze Age pottery is presented by Fabian Sarga, the Late Bronze Age pottery by Stephanie Döpper and Valeria Paoletti and the Iron Age pottery by Giulia Russo. Consequently, the development of Qaṭna's material culture from the Middle through the Late Bronze Age up to the Iron Age is presented in this volume in a very detailed manner.

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