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English Summary: Volume QS 6 forms the second part of the final publication on the archeological site of the royal palace of Qatna in western Syria. In this volume the architecture, stratigraphy, ceramics and artifacts of the rooms of the western central area of the royal palace are described in great detail. The western central area includes Hall C and the adjoining rooms, as well as the monumental doorway, the so-called Porte Royale, which leads from Hall C to the eastern part of the palace's representative wing. The large banqueting and meeting Hall C, with its four interior pillars, has a surface area of around 38 x 38 meters and is the largest known covered Bronze Age area in the Ancient Near East. In this volume the archeological remains, including the stratigraphic sections and ceramics, are presented separately according to phases of occupation. These include the phases of occupation of the palace during the Middle and Late Bronze Age as well as pre- and post-palace occupation phases during the Early Bronze and Iron Ages. The volume thus provides us with a comprehensive picture of all of the archeological remains and features from this important area of the royal palace of Qatna. German Description: Band QS 6 bildet den zweiten Teil der Endpublikation zum Baubefund des Konigspalastes von Qa?na in West-Syrien. Architektur, Stratigraphie, Keramik und die Funde der Raume im westlichen Zentralbereich des Konigspalasts werden hier detailliert dargestellt. Der westliche Zentralbereich umfasst Halle C und die umgebenden Raume sowie den monumentalen Turdurchgang, die sogenannte Porte Royale, die von Halle C in den ostlichen Teil des Reprasentationstraktes des Palastes fuhrt. Die groae, mit vier Innensaulen ausgestattete Bankett- und Audienzhalle C ist mit einer Flache von rund 38 x 38 m der groate bisher bekannte uberdachte Raum der Bronzezeit im Alten Orient. Die Baubefunde einschliealich der stratigraphischen Einheiten und der Keramik werden im Band nach Nutzungsp