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The embankment that ringed the Ville Royale left a lasting mark on the outline of the three tells, characterised by a steep slope on all sides. Here the eastern slope of the Ville Royale overlooks a valley, a river backwater that certainly did not contain water in Achaemenid times. The only city gate that was located and excavated on this slope (right) would have been inaccessible if the valley had been flooded in those days.
This valley at the foot of the Ville Royale could have been accessed from the east via the Artisans’ tell, which was virtually uninhabited in Achaemenid times – or at best a suburb featuring a few workshops and mud-brick dwellings. A slightly larger set of buildings was discovered on the northwest slope of this tell. Roman Ghirshman’s excavation of over 3,000 m2 (1948–52) revealed a dwelling block which he incorrectly called the "Persian-Achaemenid village". It is a rectangular construction measuring 24 x 7.50 m; according to the material it was occupied in Achaemenid times and possibly in the decades preceding it, in terms of the lower level. As the only construction in a 3,000-m2 excavation area, it confirms that the tell was sparsely occupied.
The eastern side of the Ville Royale that today covers the embankment built in Achaemenid times
Archives de la Maison Archéologie & Ethnologie, René-Ginouvès, JP_V03
© Mission de Suse. Délégation archéologique française en Iran / Jean Perrot