TELL AL-BURAQ The Phoenicians called it probably Bt-s.pr = house of the bird, although Adlun in the south and ’Ayn Sawfar are other possibilities. Al-Buraq is somewhat north of Sarafand located. It had no harbour and no cemetery. It was rather a stronghold and administrative city serving both a defensive and a storage function. We find now an overwhelming number of storage and food processing vessels. The town was surrounded by a so-called pier-and-rubble wall. This same way of building we find in f.i. Huelva, Castro de Dona Blanca, Carthage and Motya. See: Phönizisches und Punisches Städtewesen, S.Helas + D.Marzoli, Rome 2007. Beirut and Tell el-Burak, New evidence on Phoenician Town Planning and Architecture in the Homeland, Hélène Sadr.
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