Stratigraphy and Architecture of the Red House of Tall Schech Hamad / Dur-Katlimmu

作为一个精英住宅，红房子可能建于公元前612年之前的亚述帝国晚期。这是目前唯一的上美索不达米亚的考古材料记录，其使用时期可以证实是在亚述帝国崩溃之后。“红房子”被完全挖掘。它由90个房间组成，面积为5176平方米。建筑的相邻部分和开放空间也被挖掘，总共调查了7077平方米。按照项目的方法指导方针，挖掘出的泥土根据其纹理进行区分，并记录为泥土单元，即所谓的“Fundstellen”和装置。总共记录了近7500个装置，其中4976个是地球装置，2455个是装置。笔者曾在相关岗位上参与发掘，对考古记录记忆深刻。文本卷结构在六章：第1章提供了一个介绍的主题和广泛的话语挖掘和文献方法。第二章追溯了“红房子”土积物的历史和占领的发展。根据记录，可以区分14个使用阶段，其中第1-4阶段涵盖建筑物的主要用途，而第5-14阶段则代表非使用和再利用阶段。特别开发了一种用于分析的创新方法，称为长方体方法，允许将地球单位转换为三维体，从而可以计算其数量。第3章介绍了土堆积的细节，包括土单位（“Fundstellen”）在其空间背景下的分析及其解释。本章是第二章的基础，提供了对结论的控制和从记录到解释的可追溯性。第四章分析了“红房子”的建筑细节。第五章详细介绍了“红楼”出土的文字记载。第六章总结了本文的结论。正文包含386个图和38个表；它补充了56个板的体积，其中7个是大平面图。两者都旨在保证从现场记录到解释的可追溯性。一个创新的计划是“乡村1号”；这是一个同步的光学概述的职业发展和历史积累的所有房间和建筑的外部部分。另外两个大型计划（Beilagen 6-7）描绘了在YV和WV房间发现的著名档案的考古记录，从而使最近对文本档案考古文献的批评无效（N. Postgate in Iraq LXXII, 2010）。

Being an elite residence the ‚Red House‘ was probably constructed during the Late Assyrian Empire prior to 612 BC. It is presently the only archaeological-material record of Upper Mesopotamia whose period of use falls verifiably into the time after the collapse of the Assyrian Empire. The ‘Red House’ was excavated completely. It consists of 90 rooms covering an area of 5176 m². Adjoining parts of buildings and open spaces were excavated additionally making it a total of 7077 m² investigated. Following the methodic guide lines of the project the excavated earth was differentiated according its texture and documented as earth units, so called ‘Fundstellen’, and in installations. In total almost 7500 units were recorded out of which 4976 were earth units and 2455 installations. Having participated in the excavation in relevant positions the authors have a vivid memory of the archaeological record.The text volume is structured in six chapters:Chapter 1 offers an introduction to the subject and an extensive discourse on excavation and documentation methods.Chapter 2 traces the history of the earth deposits and the development of occupation of the ‘Red House’. The record allows differentiating 14 utilization phases out of which phases 1-4 cover the main use of the building while phases 5-14 represent phases of non usage and re-usage. An innovative method used in the analysis was specially developed, called the cuboid method, allowing to transfer the earth units into a three dimensional body enabling the calculation of its quantity.Chapter 3 presents the details of the earth accumulation and comprises the analysis of the earth units (‘Fundstellen’) in their spatial context as well as their interpretation. This chapter is the basis of chapter 2 offering control over the conclusions and traceability from the record to the interpretation.Chapter 4 analyses architectural details of the ‘Red House’.Chapter 5 is a detailed account of the written records excavated in the ‘Red House’.Chapter 6 sums up the conclusions.The text volume contains 386 figures and 38 tables; it is supplemented by a volume of 56 plates out of which 7 are large plans. Both are designed to guarantee the traceability from the field record to the interpretation. An innovative plan is ‘Beilage 1’; it is a synchronic-optical overview of the occupation development and of the history of accumulation of all the rooms and exterior parts of the building. Two other large plans (Beilagen 6-7) picture the archaeological record of the eminent archive found in rooms YV and WV, thus invalidating the critic that was recently expressed concerning the archaeological documentation of text archives (N. Postgate in Iraq LXXII, 2010).