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Location

  • Syrian Arab Republic, Al Mashrafah
  • geo:34.835739,36.863838

Period or year

  • -18xx / unknown

Classification

  • graves
  • Visible

Qatna Tomb VII

data access 49550

The Tomb VII of Qatna is a rock-cutchamber tomb that had been in use until the Late Bronze-Age. Tomb contained remains of 78 minimum individuals of both sexes and all age group .

See:

  1. Peter Pfälzner: Levantine Kingdoms of the Late Bronze Age, in: Originalveröffentlichung in: A Companion to the Archaeology of the Ancient Near East (eds. D.T. Potts), Oxford 2012, pp. 770-790 - http://archiv.ub.uni-heidelberg.de/propylaeumdok/2856/1/Pfaelzner_Levantine%20Kingdoms%202012.pdf
  2.  Carsten Witzel, Susanne Degenhardt, Heike Dohmann-Pfälzner, Peter Pfälzner, Stefan Flohr: The Royal Hypogeum and Tomb VII from Middle/Late Bronze Age Qatna (Tell Mishrife, Syria) as burial places of the elite?, Conference: 82nd Annual Meeting of the American Association of Physical Anthroplogists, At Knoxville, TN, Universität Hildesheim 2013 - https://www.academia.edu/33843853

Relevant museums

Nearby sites

  • Qatna Royal Hypogeum
    Late Bronze-Age burial chamber.
    Syrian Arab Republic, Al Mashrafah
  • Qatna, Royal Palace [Qatanum]
    The Bronze Age Royal palace in Qatna.
    Syrian Arab Republic, Al Mashrafah
  • Qatna, Archive of Idanda
    XIVth century BC royal archive.
    Syrian Arab Republic, Al Mashrafah
  • Qatna - Tell el-Meshrife
    Bronze Age town however the first finds at Qatna date to the mid- to late 3rd millennium BC later Amorite city. Tell el-Mishrife. Katna. Tell al-Mishrifeh.
    Syrian Arab Republic, Al Mashrafah

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Creators: Entry created by Elżbieta (2018-02-12) , with possible contributions by others. CC BY-SA 4.0, metadata CC-0.
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Suggested citation: Elżbieta , Qatna Tomb VII. https://vici.org/vici/49550, accessed 2026-11-10.