Two Houses at Jebel Aruda

Sumerian Civilization, two houses constructed in the 2700 B.C.E, with courtyards, with bipartite, triparite, and cruciform plan forms; located on the East bank of the Assad River, east of Alleppo in present-day northern Syria.

Materials: sun-dried earth (adobe) bricks covered with kiln-fired glased bricks laid in natural occurring bitumen, wood beams and columns.

Source of data for this model:
1. Internet sources
2. Driel, 2002.