EARLY 3RD MILLENNIUM CHRONOLOGY Mesopotamia Upper Khabur Western Syria 2900 Jemdet Nasr Leilan IIIa Amuq G period period period 2800 Early Dynastic I Early Jezireh I 2700 Amuq H period 2600 Erly Dynastic II Early Jezireh 2600 2500 Early Dynastic IIIa Early Jezireh IIIa S NINIVA 5 PAINTED AND INCISED NINIVITE 5 POTTERY PAINTED AND EXCISED/ INCISED „NINIVITE 5” POTTERY NINIVITE 5 POTTERY COMMON AND KITCHEN WARE EARLY TO MID III MILLENNIUM ED III POTTERY SYRIA 2 EARLY III POTTERY Distribution of Ninevite 5 pottery (green), Khirbet Kerak ware (pink) and Scarlet Ware (orange) „PIEDMONT STYLE” SEAL IMPRESSIONS FROM TELL BRAK – first half of the 3rd millennium PIEDMONT SEALS nPlans of temples from the Upper Khabur region dated to Early Jezireh II and III periods. ED TEMPELS SYRIA nTemple plan from Tell Arbid (Upper Khabur) and similar plan of Ishtar temple from Ashur – Early Dynastic III period ED TEMPELS SYRIA 001 S RAQAI HOUSES SURROUNDING A LARGE SCALE STORAGE FACILITY RAQA’I – LEVEL 3 S EB II-III KHIRBET KERAK KHIRBET KERAK BOWL DISTRIBUTION OF KHIRBET KERAK WARE, NINIVITE 5 WARE AND SCARLET WARE EARLY III POTTERY