| Project/Area Number |
16401018
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (B)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 海外学術 |
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| Research Field |
Archaeology
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| Research Institution | Kokushikan University |
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Principal Investigator |
NUMOTO Hirotoshi Kokushikan University, Faculty of Physical Education, Professor (40198560)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
YAMADA Shigeo Tukuba University, Graduate School of Humanities and Social Science, Associate Professor (30323223)
ARAI Yuji Aichi Sangyo University, Faculty of Architecture and Art, Associate Professor (20410855)
NISHIYAMA Shinichi Cyber University, Faculty of World Heritage, Associate Professor (50392551)
松本 健 国士館大学, イラク古代文化研究所, 教授 (00103672)
岡田 保良 国士館大学, イラク古代文化研究所, 教授 (70138171)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2004 – 2006
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| Project Status |
Completed (Fiscal Year 2006)
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| Budget Amount *help |
¥13,600,000 (Direct Cost: ¥13,600,000)
Fiscal Year 2006: ¥3,500,000 (Direct Cost: ¥3,500,000)
Fiscal Year 2005: ¥4,600,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,600,000)
Fiscal Year 2004: ¥5,500,000 (Direct Cost: ¥5,500,000)
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| Keywords | Archaeology / Assyria / Clay Tablet / Cuneiform Letter / Syria / Tell Taban / Mesopotamia / Middle Assyrian Period / 楔型文字 / タブレット / タビテ |
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| Research Abstract |
The main study of this research project has focused on the archaeological excavation at Tell Taban in Syria, which is one of the most, important base towns in the Assyrian Empire
We have conducted a total of three seasons of excavations at site and were able to obtain significant results. One of them is the discovery of royal archive room at the palace structure dated to the Middle Assyrian period (1300-1200 B.C). The discovery happened in the winter 2005 and around 500 fragments of clay tablets were collected. Furthermore during the seasons of summer 2005 and 2006, Middle Assyrian and Old Babylonian (1730 B.C) cuneiform texts, which include 60 clay tablets, and 47 inscribed cylinders and bricks, were unearthed.
The above discovery of a large number of cuneiform texts was the first experience among the Japanese expeditions which have been excavating in the Great Mesopotamia region over 50 years. The news of the discovery was widely broadcasted in the Japanese media as a sensation.
The decipherment of the cuneiform texts has been carried out by the Japanese Assyriologists. This was also the first such occasion that the newly discovered cuneiform texts were deciphered and studied first-hand by the Japanese scholars.
The study of Middle Assyrian and Old Babylonian cuneiform texts has been carried out by Shigeo Yamada and Daisuke Shibata and so far revealed numerous hitherto unknown historical information during the second millennium B.C. in the Khabur valley and Northern Mesopotamia. We believe that further study of those cuneiform texts will surely shed new light on the so-called "dark age" in the Syrian Jazira and beyond.
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