Tel Jenderes

Tel Jenderes  located in depth at which played an important role in linking trade routes between Aleppo and the eastern Aegean world. ThisTel extends from the north – east to the south – west between Mount Simon in the Middle and Mountains in the West. And starts this plain in the north of the Syrian – Turkish border and ends in the south-west at the Mediterranean coast, and is positioned hill Jenderes 5 km from the West Bank of the River Afrin, south-west of the village of modern Jenderes, and covers the hill an area of 400 x 500 square meters, or about 20 hectares and has a height of 20 m.

Studies have shown that Afrin has settled since the early period, during the Paleolithic East   on the slope of Mount Simon, like a cave Aldidria .

The most important investigations that took place in the region are those carried out by the Eastern Institute of Chicago in the thirties of the twentieth century, this investigation has shown that on an equal settlement continuously in Depth easy starting from the Neolithic period, has been playing easy depth commercially important role since the late fourth millennium BC , it has been a conduit for internal roads leading to the coast, which have been up Egypt and Palestine with Anatolia.

Jenderes site by geographical Strabo has named Gendaros, and believes that this site is the same as it was Kinallowa capital of the Kingdom Onki in the first millennium BC, and relying on yearbooks Assyrian, in the year 876 BC. M. Information on the trajectory Assyrian army of Carchemish to Azazum (Azaz), where the army arrived Afrin and across the river in one day, and spent the night on the West Bank, after a one-day path reached Kinallowa. As the distance between Azaz and the river 25 km, the distance between the army camp and similar Kinallowa, and the absence of another site in the area of Afrin apply to him specifications mentioned only Jenderes of the indicates that it was and should capital Kinallowa. It is likely that this site was in the second millennium BC, a follower of the Kingdom of Mukesh foregoing.

The results showed the presence of levels starting from the early second millennium and until the Byzantine era in the sixth century AD, have been detected on the remains of the temple on the eastern side of the site, but  it was due to sabotage installations later ages ,remnants of the palace were also found. on the Middle Bronze Age

A group of pottery and glass breakage and other coins and art finds that dated to the Roman era (260-330 AD) and Hellenistic (about 100 BC).

Pottery and other finds, dated to the Late Bronze Age (Figure 6). It also has been detected foundations of a defensive wall extends 325 m to the north and 100 m to the east as well as the presence of residue gates yet to delve. These actions provided important results with regard to the location that seems to have had an important position during the second millennium BC, although the continuation of excavation work that will shed light on many aspects  of being the center of administrative or religious or city vulnerable huge, on the other hand confirm the hypothesis raised with regard Pttabgah with capital Kinallowa during the second millennium BC.

N.H.Khider

Source: Discover Syria