Jerablus Tahtani

Jerablus Tahtani (formerly Tell Alawiyeh) is a small tell on the right bank of the Euphrates River four kilometers south of Carchemish in present-day Syria.

Archaeology
The mound has an area of 1 hectare with a surrounding lower town covering about 12 hectares. A fort, built on the ashes of a burnt village, stood on the mound. The defensive wall exceeded 12 meters in height, including the glacis. A number of monumental tombs were found. One tomb (Tomb 302) contained a large number of "champagne vessels" and animal bones which were interpreted as evidence of mortuary feasting.

The site was first noted by Leonard Woolley early the 1920s while he was excavating at nearby Carchemish. It was excavated from 1992 to 2000 by the British as part of the Syrian government's Tishrin Dam rescue project. As of 2000 the site was still not underwater. This project successively developed into the Land of Carchemish project.

History
The site was occupied from the late Uruk period through the middle 3rd Millennium BC. Then, after a hiatus, it was occupied from the Iron Age through the Islamic period. Specifically, there were 5 occupation periods:
 * Period 1 - Late Chalcolithic
 * Period 2 - Early Bronze Age
 * Period 3 - Iron Age
 * Period 4 - Roman
 * Period 5 - Islamic