Tell Billa, Iraq expedition records 1930-1933

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Tell Billa, Iraq expedition records 1930-1933

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Tell Billa is located eight miles east of Tepe Gawra and was excavated by the same staff. Because Tell Billa and Tepe Gawra were excavated simultaneosly, records from the excavations are somewhat mixed and should be used together. Although it is difficult to determine amounts of time spent at Tell Billa, emphasis shifted after the third season to the prehistoric layers at Tepe Gawra. When other order is lacking, a chronological order was imposed on the general correspondence according to field season. Related material may be found in correspondence from the Directors Office, Jayne (1929-1940) in the files for Dorothy Cross, George A. Barton, A.S.O.R., and Paul Beidler.

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Speiser, E. A. (Ephraim Avigdor), 1902-1965

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University of Pennsylvania. Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology

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American School of Oriental Research in Baghdad

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Jayne, Horace H. F. (Horace Howard Furness), 1898-1975

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