Carm - Carm

Japanese: カールム - かーるむ
Carm - Carm

…Since 1931, systematic excavations have been carried out by German architect K. Bittel. The ruins are located on a hill at the foot of a mountain overlooking a fertile river valley plain. The city was built on the site of Kārum, an Assyrian merchant settlement that existed around 1900 BCE, and consists of two parts, the north and the south. The northern part, where construction began earlier, has an irregular wall that runs around the hill for about 1,200 meters from the northwest to the southeast, and the royal castle was built along the southeastern wall. In one part of the wall was the royal archives room where the clay tablets were found. …

*Some of the terminology explanations that mention "Karum" are listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…1931年以来,ドイツのビッテルK.Bittelによって組織的な発掘が続けられている。 遺跡は肥沃な河谷平野をのぞむ山麓の起伏の多い丘の上にあり,前1900年ころに存在したアッシリア商人の居留区カールムkārumの跡に建設された都市で,北と南の二つの部分からなる。早く建設が始まった北部は,北西から南東まで約1200mにわたって丘のまわりに不整形な城壁をめぐらし,南東部の城壁沿いに王城がつくられており,その一部に粘土板が発見された王室記録文書室があった。…

※「カールム」について言及している用語解説の一部を掲載しています。

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