131 Items
Small finds: 5
Glass from Trench 1, Context 1.02.
Type: Archaeological Find
Tags: Archaeological Excavation, Archaeological Finds, Archaeology, Castle, Citadel, Deir ez Zor, Fortress, Glass, Museum, Syria, Syrian Civil War, Zalabiyeh
Small finds: 4
Ceramic from Trench 1, Context 1.01.
Type: Archaeological Find
Tags: Archaeological Excavation, Archaeological Finds, Archaeology, Castle, Ceramic, Citadel, Deir ez Zor, Fortress, Museum, Syria, Syrian Civil War, Zalabiyeh
Small finds: 3
Ceramic from Trench 1, Context 1.01.
Type: Archaeological Find
Tags: Archaeological Excavation, Archaeological Finds, Archaeology, Castle, Ceramic, Citadel, Deir ez Zor, Fortress, Museum, Syria, Syrian Civil War, Zalabiyeh
Small finds: 2
Ceramic from Trench 1, Context 1.01.
Type: Archaeological Find
Tags: Archaeological Excavation, Archaeological Finds, Archaeology, Castle, Ceramic, Citadel, Deir ez Zor, Fortress, Museum, Syria, Zalabiyeh
Small finds: 1
Ceramic from Trench 1, Context 1.01.
Type: Archaeological Find
Tags: Archaeological Excavation, Archaeological Finds, Archaeology, Castle, Ceramic, Citadel, Deir ez Zor, Fortress, Museum, Syria, Zalabiyeh
Post-excavation work in Deir Ez Zor Museum
These photographs show the process of recording, restoring and cleaning finds from Zalabiyeh in the Deir Ez Zor Museum.
Type: Archaeological Find
Tags: Archaeological Finds, Archaeology, Ceramic, Deir ez Zor, Glass, Museum, Syria, Zalabiyeh
Views of Halabiyeh upstream from Zalabiyeh
These views of the remains of Halabiyeh were taken downstream of the site, standing on the ruins of Zalabiyeh.
Type: Landscape
Tags: Archaeology, Euphrates, Halabiyeh, Landscape, Syria, Zalabiyeh, Zenobia
Views of the first day on site
These pictures were taken by a student on the first morning of excavations at Zalabiyeh as the trenches were marked out and work began.
Type: Archaeological Excavation
Tags: Archaeological Excavation, Archaeology, Castle, Citadel, Euphrates, Fortifications, Fortress, Syria, Zalabiyeh
General views of Zalabiyeh and the surrounding landscape
These images were taken on a first survey visit to the site on 9th April 2010 and show the extent of the extant remains, evidence of looting and views over the river in the direction of Halabiyeh.
Type: Archaeological Excavation
Tags: Citadel, Deir ez Zor, Euphrates, Fortifications, Fortress, Halabiyeh, Landscape, Late Antique, Syria, Zalabiyeh
Fortifications, Zalabiyeh
The fortification of Zalabiyeh is recorded by Procopius who attributes the building of the defences to Justinian's reign. As with much of Procopius' testimony this claim must not be accepted out of hand. The remains of the defences show evidence of at least two major phases of building. The oldest phase is composed of ashlar faced walls with a rubble and concrete core, the later phase is made up of ashlars throughout. The later phase appears to have been only present in some of the towers and is certainly part of a renovation of the defences where some of the older towers needing replacing. These two different wall building techniques are mirrored across the river at the fortifications of Halabiyeh, Zalabiyeh's sister site. I have proposed that the site was not originally fortified by Justinian but was rather repaired during his reign and had older origins, potentially during the reign of Anastasius.
Type: Architecture
Tags: Anastasius, Citadel, Defensive Network, Deir ez Zor, Euphrates, Fortifications, Fortress, Halabiyeh, Justinian, Late Antique, Procopius, Syria, Zalabiyeh