From Edessa to Urfa: The Fortification of the Citadel
By (author) Cristina Tonghini
Paperback (Published)
(March 2021)
ISBN: 9781789697568
8.07 x 11.46 inches
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This book presents results of an archaeological research project focused on a specific monumental area, the citadel, in the city of Urfa (Turkey), known in ancient times as Edessa. Three seasons of fieldwork were carried out (2014-2016) in order to identify the building sequence of the citadel and establish an absolute chronology of
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.
Abstract Ozet (translated by O. Usta) Chapter 1: Introduction Part 1 The fortification of the citadel: the written sources Building and re-building: a summary of events Chapter 2: Edessa and its fortifications in Byzantine times (6th-11th centuries) (N. Zorzi) Chapter 3: The citadels and the city walls in the Syriac sources (E. Fiori) Chapter 4: Edessa in Armenian sources (T.L. Andrews) Chapter 5: The citadel of al-Ruha' in the Arabic sources: an overview Chapter 6: The fortifications of Edessa in medieval Latin sources (D. Pringle) Chapter 7: Ruha in the Persian sources: an elusive presence (S. Cristoforetti) Chapter 8: The citadel of Urfa in the Ottoman written sources (O. Usta) Part 2 The inscriptions from the citadel Chapter 9: Notes on some Greek inscriptions from Edessa (N. Zorzi) Chapter 10: The Arabic inscriptions of the citadel of al-Ruha' (Urfa/Sanliurfa) (R. Giunta) Part 3 The fortification of the citadel: the material evidence The archaeological analysis Chapter 11: The material evidence: Period 1 (post 3rd-6th centuries?) Chapter 12: The material evidence: Period 2 (post 6th-11th centuries?) Chapter 13: The material evidence: Period 3 (late 11th-12th centuries?) Chapter 14: The material evidence: Period 4 (13th-14th centuries) Chapter 15: The material evidence: Period 5 (15th century) Chapter 16: The material evidence: Period 6 (16th century) Chapter 17: The material evidence: Period 7 (17th century) Chapter 18: The material evidence: Periods 8 (18th-19th centuries) and 9 (post Ottoman to the present) Chapter 19: The masonry typology (with Technical Notes by J.-Cl. Bessac) Chapter 20: Conclusions Plates Appendix Bibliography, Abstract ;
Özet (translated by O. Usta Part 1 The fortification of the citadel: the written sourcesN. ZorziE. FioriT.L. AndrewsD. PringleS. CristoforettiO. Usta Part 2 The inscriptions from the citadelN. ZorziR. Giunta Part 3 The fortification of the citadel: the material evidencewith Technical Notes by J.-Cl. Bessac Plates ;
Appendix ;
Bibliography
Cristina Tonghini (PhD, SOAS, London) is an archaeologist specialising in the Arab world during the Islamic period. Her publications concern the Islamic pottery production of the Levant, the fortified architecture of the Eastern Mediterranean and, more recently, landscape archaeology in Iraq. She teaches Islamic Archaeology at the Università Ca’ Foscari of Venice.
- By (author) Cristina Tonghini
'Tonghini effectively sheds much light on the technological development of military architecture, principally across the 7th to 15th centuries, during which time Urfa served as a strategic strongpoint in the continual tussle between different powers. Certainly this study helps fill notable gaps in our knowledge of Urfa and the citadel’s role, particularly as regards such issues as the potential impact of Armenian master-builders, and the previously littleknown importance of Mamluk influence on the citadel’s construction.' – Paul Newson (2023): Medieval Archaeology vol 67.1
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