A la decouverte du royaume d’Ougarit (Syrie du IIe millenaire)
Les fouilles de C.F.A. Schaeffer a Minet el-Beida et Ras Shamra (1929-1937)
by Caroline Sauvage and Christine Lorre
English summary: This monograph presents the archaeological material that was found during the first years of the excavations in Ras Shamra-Ugarit led by C. F. A. Schaeffer. The catalogue is the result of a multidisciplinary collective research project in which numerous specialists from a wide range of disciplines participated, many of them being members of the Syrian-French archaeological mission in Ras Shamra-Ugarit. Over the years, up until the armed conflict broke out in 2011, a huge number of finds were uncovered, those presented here representing only a small part thereof. The aim of the publication is to make available a selection of types which Schaeffer considered representative of the culture, his own research having made a significant contribution to deciphering it. With regard to the collections held by the National Archaeological Museum of France in St.-Germain-en-Laye, the finds from the harbour town of Minet el-Beida, which became a military zone after 1961 and was therefore no longer accessible, are worthy of particular attention. Adding to the series of publications on Ras Shamra-Ugarit that have come out since 1978, the aim of this volume is to contribute to knowledge of the archaeological site, which is one of the most important Bronze Age sites in the eastern Mediterranean region. French description: Concu comme un projet collaboratif et pluridisciplinaire faisant appel a des specialistes souvent membres de la mission syro-francaise de Ras Shamra-Ougarit, ce catalogue presente le materiel archeologique issu des premieres annees de fouille du site sous la direction de C. F. A. Schaeffer et propose d’en restituer les contextes. Consacre a une part modeste de l’enorme quantite de materiel decouvert au fil des annees jusqu’a l’eclatement du conflit arme en Syrie a partir de 2011, cette publication a pour objectif de mettre a la disposition des specialistes un echantillon des types que Schaeffer jugeait representatifs d’une civilisation qu’il a contribue a decrypter au fur et a mesure de ses recherches. L’interet principal de la collection conservee au musee d’Archeologie nationale, est d’offrir un apercu de l’occupation antique du port de Minet el-Beida, alors qu’il est devenu une zone militaire inaccessible depuis 1961. Complementaire de la serie des publications consacrees depuis 1978 a Ras Shamra-Ougarit, ce volume souhaite ainsi contribuer a la connaissance de l’un des sites majeurs de l’age du Bronze en Mediterranee orientale. Diese Monographie stellt das archaologische Material vor, das in den ersten Jahren der Ausgrabungen in Ras Shamra-Ugarit unter der Leitung von C. F. A. Schaeffer gefunden wurde. Der Katalog ging aus einem multidisziplinaren und kollektiven Forschungsprojekt hervor, an dem zahlreiche Spezialisten verschiedener Disziplinen beteiligt waren, oft Mitglieder der Syro-Franzosischen archaologischen Mission in Ras Shamra-Ugarit. Im Laufe der Jahre bis zum Ausbruch des bewaffneten Konflikts 2011 wurde eine enorme Menge an Funden gemacht, wovon die hier behandelten nur einen kleinen Teil darstellen. Die Publikation hat zum Ziel, eine Auswahl an Typen zuganglich zu machen, die Schaeffer fur reprasentativ fur die Kultur hielt, zu deren Entschlusselung er mit seinen Forschungen wesentlich beigetragen hat. Besondere Aufmerksamkeit unter den Sammlungen des archaologischen Nationalmuseums von St. Germain en-Laye verdienen die Funde aus der Hafenstadt von Minet el-Beida, die ab 1961 zur militarischen Zone wurde und nicht mehr zuganglich war. In Erganzung zu der Serie von Publikationen uber Ras Shamra-Ugarit, die seit 1978 erscheint, soll dieser Band zur Kenntnis einer archaologischen Statte beitragen, die zu den wichtigsten der Bronzezeit im ostlichen Mittelmeerraum gehort.
- By (author) Christine Lorre
- By (author) Caroline Sauvage
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