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Archaeological site in Syria
Tell Halaf (Arabic: تل حلف) is an archaeological site in Al-Hasakah in northeastern Syria, a few kilometers from the city of Ras al-Ayn near the Syria–Turkey
Tell_Halaf
Archaeological culture
Tell Halaf Tell Brak Tell Sabi Abyad Tell Arpachiyah Tepe Gawra Chagar Bazar The Halaf culture is a prehistoric period which lasted between about 6100
Halaf_culture
German lawyer, diplomat, ancient historian, and archaeologist (1860–1946)
dynasty. Abandoning his career in diplomacy, he discovered the site of Tell Halaf in 1899 and conducted excavations there in 1911–13 and again in 1927–29
Max_von_Oppenheim
Neolithic site in Iraq
shells Halaf period found in Burnt House at Tell Arpachiyah Two female figurines from the Halaf culture, late period (c. 5600-5200 BC), from Tell Arpachiyah
Tell_Arpachiyah
Settlement in Al-Hasakah Governorate, Syria
several mounds, called tells, can be found in close proximity: Tell Fekheriye, Ras al-Ayn, and 2.5 kilometers east of Tell Halaf, site of the Aramean and
Tell_Fekheriye
Pedestal inscription, also known as the Tell Halaf inscription, was an ancient Aramaic description discovered in Tell Halaf in 1933, and published in 1940. The
Gozan_Pedestal_inscription
History of lands by the Tigris and Euphrates
Museum. Halaf-type pottery seems to have been produced at specialized centers such as Tell Arpachiyah, Tell Brak, Chagar Bazar and Tell Halaf. At Tell Arpachiyah
Prehistory_of_Mesopotamia
Ancient Semitic people in the Near East
earliest semi-independent kingdoms in northern Mesopotamia was Bît-Bahiâni (Tell Halaf). The first certain reference to the Arameans appears in an Assyrian inscription
Arameans
Iron Age group of polities
Mesopotamia and the Middle Euphrates valley): Bit-Zamani Bit Bahiani (capital: Tell Halaf) Bit-Halupe Laqe The expressions “All Aram” and “Upper and Lower Aram”
Aramean_states
Burial structure
same name for the circular houses belonging to the Neolithic culture of Tell Halaf (Iraq, Syria and Turkey), there is no relationship between them. In Greece
Beehive_tomb
Prehistoric period of Mesopotamia
knowledge, more certainty is emerging. Tell Arpachiyah and Tepe Gawra are the sites where the transition from Halaf to Ubaid were quite abrupt. No transitional
Halaf-Ubaid Transitional period
Halaf-Ubaid_Transitional_period
Archaeological type site
settlements began forming in the north, such as Hassuna, Jarmo, Samarra, and Tell Halaf, the north became an important region. The architecture at Hassuna was
Tell_Hassuna
Ethnic flag
(1860–1946) and the French semitologist André Dupont-Sommer (1900–1983) at Tell Halaf the former Aramean city-state of Bit Bahiani, which is located on the
Aramean-Syriac_flag
Late Neolithic archaeological culture of Mesopotamia
as Tell Chagar Bazar, Tell Boueid II, Tell Sabi Abyad or Tell Halula, where similar pottery is currently being excavated in Pre-Halaf to Early Halaf Transitional
Samarra_culture
Character in Gilgamesh myths
disappeared from visual arts after the Bronze Age, but a relief from Tell Halaf is presumed to be a first millennium BCE example, and according to Gary
Humbaba
Ancient port city in western Syria and northern levant
what is today northern Syria, at a site known in Arabic as Ras Shamra or Tell Shamra. Since its discovery in 1928, the site has revealed the oldest known
Ugarit
Museum in Aleppo, Syria
Hall of Hama Region The Hall of Ugarit The Hall of Tell Halaf The Hall of Arslan Tash The Hall of Tell Ahmar The Hall of Ancient Statues and Cuneiform Scripts
National_Museum_of_Aleppo
Aramean king
Bit Bahiani, one of the Post-Hittite states, centered in Guzana (modern Tell Halaf, in northeastern Syria). He ruled sometime in the 10th or 9th century
Kapara
Mythical Creature
Sargon II's palace at Khorsabad, ancient Dur-Šarru-kên, a small relief at Tell Halaf and on an ornamental brass ring found at Har Sena'im, an Ituraean cult
Kulullû
Place mentioned in the Hebrew Bible
sense “stronghold, fortress” suits the impressive city walls excavated at et-Tell (between six and eight meters width). Geshur is identified with the area
Geshur
Aramean polity from 12th century BCE to 732 BCE
cities Amrit Arpad Bit Bahiani Coba Höyük Gidara Hama Qarqar Ruhizzi Sam'al Tell Aran Tell Halaf Til Barsip Upu Zobah Sources Aramaic inscriptions v t e
Aram-Damascus
city-state kingdom (c. 1200 – 808 BC) with its capital at Guzana (modern day Tell Halaf). Bit Baḫiani was ruled by King Kapara. There were at least five kings
Bit_Bahiani
Type of angel in Abrahamic religions
Ancient Aramean six-winged deity, from Tell Halaf (10th century BCE)
Seraph
Capital of the Hurrian kingdom of Mitanni
Dietrich Opitz located it under the largely unexcavated mound of Tell el Fakhariya, near Tell Halaf in Syria. This position was supported by M. Oppenheim and
Waššukanni
Historical region of West Asia
Cavustepe, Ayanis, Armavir, Erebuni, Bastam) and Neo-Hittite sites (Karkamis, Tell Halaf, Karatepe). Houses are mostly known from Old Babylonian remains at Nippur
Mesopotamia
Ancient kingdom East of the Dead Sea
history of the Levant Chalcolithic State societies Kish civilization Tell Halaf Chagar Bazar Hamoukar Jericho Byblos Ebla Ugarit Urkesh Bronze Age Akkadian
Moab
Ancient Sumerian and Amorite city
𒈠𒌷𒆠, ma-riki, modern Tell Hariri; Arabic: تل حريري) was an ancient Semitic city-state in modern-day Syria. Its remains form a tell 11 kilometres (6.8 mi)
Mari,_Syria
Script used to write the Aramaic language
cities Amrit Arpad Bit Bahiani Coba Höyük Gidara Hama Qarqar Ruhizzi Sam'al Tell Aran Tell Halaf Til Barsip Upu Zobah Sources Aramaic inscriptions v t e
Aramaic_alphabet
Topics referred to by the same term
Five Mountain System, a Japanese network of Zen temples (Gozan Seidō) Tell Halaf, a Syrian archeological site near the city of Guzana or Gozan This disambiguation
Gozan
Archaeological museum in Berlin
historically important cities like Uruk, Shuruppak, Assur, Hattusha, Tell el Amarna, Tell Halaf (Guzana), Sam'al, Toprakkale and Babylon built the foundation
Vorderasiatisches Museum Berlin
Vorderasiatisches_Museum_Berlin
State in Mesopotamia (c. 2334–2154 BC)
been excavated at cities under Akkadian Empire control such as Eshnunna and Tell Agrab. Other tablets have become available on the antiquities market and
Akkadian_Empire
Mesopotamian settlement in Iraq
remains from the Halaf period, the Ubaid period, and the Uruk period (4000–3100 BC). Tepe Gawra contains material relating to the Halaf-Ubaid Transitional
Tepe_Gawra
Ancient building type from Syria and Mesopotamia
of the hilani type buildings at the top on page 146 (fig.1 ""Tell Ta'yinat", "Tell Halaf", "Zinjirli" and "Sakje Guezi") in Podium Structures with Lateral
Bit-hilani
Territory inhabited by the Philistines in Canaan
south-western Levant. Tell Qasile and Aphek (see Battle of Aphek) likely marked the nation's frontiers, as evidence from Tell Qasile especially indicates
Philistia
Ancient Syrian city
Arabic: إبلا, modern: تل مرديخ, Tell Mardikh) was one of the earliest kingdoms in Syria. Its remains constitute a tell located about 55 km (34 mi) southwest
Ebla
2025-04-11. Albright, W. F. (1956). "The Date of the Kapara Period at Gozan (Tell Halaf)". Anatolian Studies. 6: 75–85. doi:10.2307/3642402. ISSN 0066-1546. JSTOR 3642402
List_of_Aramean_kings
Former country
history of the Levant Chalcolithic State societies Kish civilization Tell Halaf Chagar Bazar Hamoukar Jericho Byblos Ebla Ugarit Urkesh Bronze Age Akkadian
Amurru_kingdom
Site of an ancient city in northern Israel's Jezreel Valley
المتسلم, Tell el-Muteselim) is the site of the ancient city of Megiddo (/məˈɡɪdoʊ/; Hebrew: מגידו; Greek: Μεγιδδώ), the remains of which form a tell or archaeological
Tel_Megiddo
Archaeological site in ar-Raqqah, Syria
portal Halaf culture Cities of the ancient Near East Fieldwork campaign: Tell Sabi Abyad (Syria) universiteitleiden.nl Peter M. M. G. Akkermans. “Tell Sabi
Tell_Sabi_Abyad
Prehistoric period of Mesopotamia
by the Halaf period and the Halaf-Ubaid Transitional period, and succeeded by the Late Chalcolithic period. The excavators of Eridu and Tell al-'Ubaid
Ubaid_period
Archaeological site in the foothills of the Judaean Mountains
Aramaic, and Greek, found engraved on rocks several hundred meters from the tell. These inscriptions from the 1st century BCE read "boundary of Gezer" and
Gezer
Hypothesized Israelite kingdom in the Southern Levant
history of the Levant Chalcolithic State societies Kish civilization Tell Halaf Chagar Bazar Hamoukar Jericho Byblos Ebla Ugarit Urkesh Bronze Age Akkadian
Kingdom of Israel (united monarchy)
Kingdom_of_Israel_(united_monarchy)
Anatolia). It as well as other early Neolithic sites, such as Samarra and Tell Halaf were in northern Mesopotamia; later settlements in southern Mesopotamia
History_of_Mesopotamia
Biblical city and an archeological site in Israel
south bank of the Lakhish River. The current tell by that name, known as Tel Lachish (Hebrew: תל לכיש) or Tell el-Duweir (تل الدوير), has been identified
Tel_Lachish
Symbol of divinity, royalty and power
Media related to Winged sun at Wikimedia Commons Relief Depicting Gilgamesh Between Two Bull-Men Supporting a Winged Sun Disk, Kapara palace, Tell Halaf.
Winged_sun
Client state of the Roman Republic from 37 to 4 BCE
history of the Levant Chalcolithic State societies Kish civilization Tell Halaf Chagar Bazar Hamoukar Jericho Byblos Ebla Ugarit Urkesh Bronze Age Akkadian
Herodian_kingdom
Ancient settlement in Syria
Tell Aqab is an ancient Mesopotamian settlement located in northeastern Syria, occupied from the early Halaf period (c. 6000 BCE) to c. 3800 BCE. It is
Tell_Aqab
City in al-Hasakah, Syria
tributary of the Euphrates, crosses the border from Turkey near the town of Tell Halaf, about 4 kilometres (2.5 mi) to the southwest of the city. The overground
Ras_al-Ayn
Historical region in the Levant mentioned in the Bible
These reflexes derive from a Proto-Semitic form *baṯan. The Book of Numbers tells that King Og of Bashan came out against the Israelites led by Moses at the
Bashan
(Urkish) (Tell Mozan) Tell Leilan (Shekhna, Shubat-Enlil) Tell Halaf Tell Arbid Harran Chagar Bazar Mardaman (Bassetki) Kahat (Tell Barri) Tell Fekheriye
List of cities of the ancient Near East
List_of_cities_of_the_ancient_Near_East
7th-century BCE Jerusalem amulets featuring a biblical text
Hama graffiti Pul-i-Darunteh Aramaic inscription Arslan Tash amulets Tell Halaf inscription Agrigentum inscription Lachish letters Safatba'al inscription
Ketef_Hinnom_scrolls
Chuera Tell Danith Tell eth-Thadeyn Tell Ezou Tell Fekheriye Tell Fray Tell Ghoraifé Tell Hadar Tell Halaf Tell Halula Tell Kashfahan Tell Kazel Tell Khazzami
List_of_tells
National museum in London, England
Oppenheim at Tell Halaf that was purchased in 1920. More material followed from the excavations of Max Mallowan at Chagar Bazar and Tell Brak in 1935–1938
British_Museum
Archaeological site in Syria
BC), the Halaf Culture Halaf culture transformed into Period C (c. 5200–4400 BC) Northern Ubaid, and many Ubaid materials were found in Tell Brak including
Tell_Brak
Ancient Hebrew seal stamped on Judahite jars
Hama graffiti Pul-i-Darunteh Aramaic inscription Arslan Tash amulets Tell Halaf inscription Agrigentum inscription Lachish letters Safatba'al inscription
LMLK_seal
Archeological site of an ancient city in Israel
Greek: Άσώρ), and in Arabic Tell Waqqas or Tell Qedah el-Gul (Arabic: تل القدح, romanized: Tell el-Qedah), is an archaeological tell at the site of ancient
Tel_Hazor
Ancient Philistine city and modern archaeological site in Israel
was strengthened by the discovery in 1996 of the Ekron inscription. The tell lies 35 kilometres (22 mi) west of Jerusalem, and 18 kilometres (11 mi) north
Ekron
Archaeological site that defines a culture
Mexico) Tell Halaf, Syria, for the Halaf culture Tell Hassuna, Iraq, for the Hassuna culture Jemdet Nasr, Iraq, for the Jemdet Nasr period Tell al-'Ubaid
Type_site
Stele inscribed in Aramaic referencing the House of David
and not all scholars agree on this. In the reconstructed text, the author tells how Israel had invaded his country in his father's day, and how the god
Tel_Dan_stele
Ancient Jerusalem seal
Hama graffiti Pul-i-Darunteh Aramaic inscription Arslan Tash amulets Tell Halaf inscription Agrigentum inscription Lachish letters Safatba'al inscription
Yeho'ezer_ben_Hosh'ayahu_seal
King of Aram-Damascus
official Hazael with gifts to Elijah's successor, Elisha. Elisha told Hazael to tell Hadadezer that he would recover and revealed to Hazael that the king would
Hazael
Archaeological site in Syria
There are three named sub-mounds in the site, Tell al-Sara, Tell al-Duwaym, and Tell al-Tamr, with Tell Mas’ada lying just outside the site boundary.
Hamoukar
Israelite kingdom in the Southern Levant
(matHu-um-ri, "land of ʻOmri"), Edom, Philistia, and Aram (not Judah). The Tell al-Rimah stela of the same king introduces a third way of talking about the
Kingdom_of_Israel_(Samaria)
Ancient kingdom in the southern Levant
(10): 487. doi:10.3390/rel11100487. ISSN 2077-1444. Lepinski, Nadav (1980). "Tell Maresha". In Ben-Yosef, Sefi (ed.). מדריך ישראל : אנציקלופדיה שימושית לידיעת
Edom
Ancient Greek tragedy by Aeschylus
simultaneously run each other through. Burkert adduces a ninth-century relief from Tell Halaf which would exactly illustrate a text from II Samuel 2: "But each seized
Seven_Against_Thebes_(play)
De facto autonomous region in Syria
Crescent, and includes archaeological sites dating to the Neolithic, such as Tell Halaf. In antiquity, the area was part of the Mitanni kingdom, its centre being
Democratic Autonomous Administration of North and East Syria
Democratic_Autonomous_Administration_of_North_and_East_Syria
Palmyran Arab god
star Relief carving of Azizos riding a dromedary, from the region of Tell Halaf and Harran (1st–3rd century AD) Major cult center Palmyra Genealogy Siblings
Azizos
Division of Herod the Great's kingdom
history of the Levant Chalcolithic State societies Kish civilization Tell Halaf Chagar Bazar Hamoukar Jericho Byblos Ebla Ugarit Urkesh Bronze Age Akkadian
Herodian_tetrarchy
Archaeological Site in northern Syria
5 km from the main tell is a Halaf site along the tributary wadi of the Euphrates River, with pottery beloning to the late Halaf period (IIB; c. 4900-4500
Tell_Amarna_(Syria)
red background and a yellow eagle design based on the excavations at Tell Halaf in the 20th century. A flame was added later on to represent the Holy
Assyrian_flag
Ancient city and archaeological site
most favored as the location of Gath is the archaeological mound or tell known as Tell es-Safi in Arabic and Tel Zafit in Hebrew (sometimes written Tel Tzafit)
Gath_(city)
Jewish kingdom in the southern Levant (140–37 BC)
history of the Levant Chalcolithic State societies Kish civilization Tell Halaf Chagar Bazar Hamoukar Jericho Byblos Ebla Ugarit Urkesh Bronze Age Akkadian
Hasmonean_Judea
7th or 6th century Punic language curse tablet
Hama graffiti Pul-i-Darunteh Aramaic inscription Arslan Tash amulets Tell Halaf inscription Agrigentum inscription Lachish letters Safatba'al inscription
Punic_Tabella_Defixionis
Twenty-first letter in many Semitic alphabets
Egyptian-Persian, Ezra Qumran Galilean Gaonic, Jewish Babylonian Aramaic עסר Tell Halaf (none recorded) Palmyrene, Syriac Zoar, Christian Palestinian Aramaic
Shin_(letter)
King of Aram Damascus
cities Amrit Arpad Bit Bahiani Coba Höyük Gidara Hama Qarqar Ruhizzi Sam'al Tell Aran Tell Halaf Til Barsip Upu Zobah Sources Aramaic inscriptions v t e
Ben-Hadad_III
Israelite kingdom in the Southern Levant
agreed that the narratives of David and Solomon in the 10th century BCE tell little about the origins of Judah, currently, there is no consensus as to
Kingdom_of_Judah
Region in the ancient Near East
Ashdod (ancient city), Tell es-Safi, Tel Batash, Tel Burna, Tel Dor, Tel Gerisa, Tell Jemmeh, Khirbet Rabud, Tel Zeror, and Tell Abu Hawam among others
Canaan
; ATTARDO, E. (1996). "An Aramaic Tablet from Tell Shioukh Fawqani, Syria". An Aramaic Tablet from Tell Shioukh Fawqani, Syria. 46: 81–121. INIST 2463380
Canaanite and Aramaic inscriptions
Canaanite_and_Aramaic_inscriptions
Phoenician inscription from the 8th century BC
Hama graffiti Pul-i-Darunteh Aramaic inscription Arslan Tash amulets Tell Halaf inscription Agrigentum inscription Lachish letters Safatba'al inscription
Baal_Lebanon_inscription
Proposed Mesopotamia civilization
history of the Levant Chalcolithic State societies Kish civilization Tell Halaf Chagar Bazar Hamoukar Jericho Byblos Ebla Ugarit Urkesh Bronze Age Akkadian
Kish_civilization
Phoenician inscription
Hama graffiti Pul-i-Darunteh Aramaic inscription Arslan Tash amulets Tell Halaf inscription Agrigentum inscription Lachish letters Safatba'al inscription
Eshmun_inscription
Semitic language
cities Amrit Arpad Bit Bahiani Coba Höyük Gidara Hama Qarqar Ruhizzi Sam'al Tell Aran Tell Halaf Til Barsip Upu Zobah Sources Aramaic inscriptions v t e
Aramaic
Archaeological site in Deir ez-Zor, Syria
and other necessary equipment from the German archaeological mission to Tell Halaf under Max von Oppenheim, which were placed in storage in 1939. In 1945
Halabiye
Hama graffiti Pul-i-Darunteh Aramaic inscription Arslan Tash amulets Tell Halaf inscription Agrigentum inscription Lachish letters Safatba'al inscription
Shelomit_seal
Biblical city in the West Bank
with the city of Nablus, Shechem is now identified with the nearby site of Tell Balata in Balata village in the West Bank, Palestine. The name of Shechem
Shechem
Region of ancient Israel
Israelite cultic site Tell Balata, identified as biblical Shechem Khirbet Seilun/Tel Shiloh, identified with Shiloh (biblical city) Tell el-Far'ah (North)
Samaria
Ancient Arab kingdom (3rd century BC – 106 AD)
history of the Levant Chalcolithic State societies Kish civilization Tell Halaf Chagar Bazar Hamoukar Jericho Byblos Ebla Ugarit Urkesh Bronze Age Akkadian
Nabataean_Kingdom
satellite settlement less than 1 kilometre (0.62 mi) from Tell el-Ajjul. Burial practice at Tell el-Ajjul was found to be similar to those of the Bronze
History_of_Gaza
Ancient city on the Levantine coast known from Ancient, Classical, and Medieval times
mudbrick gate arguably the oldest known monumental arch in the world. Compare Tell el-Dab'a Stratum G/4. First appearance of Middle Cypriot imports (White Painted
Ascalon
Ancient settlement mound
In archaeology, a tell (from Arabic: تَلّ, tall 'mound, small hill') is an artificial topographical feature, a mound consisting of the accumulated and
Tell_(archaeology)
Species of beaver
basin, and a carved stone stela dating between 1,000 and 800 BC in the Tell Halaf archaeological site along the Khabur River in northeastern Syria depicts
Eurasian_beaver
Greek-Aramaic inscription
Hama graffiti Pul-i-Darunteh Aramaic inscription Arslan Tash amulets Tell Halaf inscription Agrigentum inscription Lachish letters Safatba'al inscription
Farasa_bilingual_inscription
Ancient bulla found in Jerusalem
Hama graffiti Pul-i-Darunteh Aramaic inscription Arslan Tash amulets Tell Halaf inscription Agrigentum inscription Lachish letters Safatba'al inscription
King_Hezekiah_bulla
Hama graffiti Pul-i-Darunteh Aramaic inscription Arslan Tash amulets Tell Halaf inscription Agrigentum inscription Lachish letters Safatba'al inscription
Douïmès_medallion
10th-century BC Phoenician inscription
Hama graffiti Pul-i-Darunteh Aramaic inscription Arslan Tash amulets Tell Halaf inscription Agrigentum inscription Lachish letters Safatba'al inscription
Yehimilk_inscription
Ancient City state (2700 BC - ?)
𒌨𒆧𒆠 UR.KIŠKI, 𒌨𒋙𒀭𒄲𒆠 UR.KEŠ3KI; modern Tell Mozan (also Tall Mozan); Arabic: تل موزان), is a tell, or settlement mound, located in the foothills
Urkesh
(domestication, nomadic pastoralism, agriculture, proto-cities) Stone Age Levant Tell Halaf Ubaid period Neolithic Europe – (Linear Pottery, Vinča culture) Neolithic
Outline_of_history
1837 study of the Phoenician language
Hama graffiti Pul-i-Darunteh Aramaic inscription Arslan Tash amulets Tell Halaf inscription Agrigentum inscription Lachish letters Safatba'al inscription
Scripturae Linguaeque Phoeniciae
Scripturae_Linguaeque_Phoeniciae
Online dictionary of Aramaic
Hama graffiti Pul-i-Darunteh Aramaic inscription Arslan Tash amulets Tell Halaf inscription Agrigentum inscription Lachish letters Safatba'al inscription
Comprehensive_Aramaic_Lexicon
Lebanese visual artist
Alien Property Custodian. It conveys the fragmentation and division as Tell Halaf sat at the center of political governance and conflict. It also addresses
Rayyane_Tabet
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