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Tell Fekheriye, Statue wearing armour, probably Roman emperor or war/god MarsTell Fekheriye, Statue of a Neo-Hittite kingStatue from Tell Fekheriyeh in Damascus National Museum.Tell Halaf, Sculpture of scorpion-bird-man, guarding the gateway to the palace terrace (scorpion-gate)Tell Halaf, Orthostat: lion-hunt-scene, orthostat: lion attacking deer and orthostat: winged human-headed bull, found in Palace of KaparaTell Halaf, Statue of a godTell Halaf, West palace south wall, orthostats with animals and a griffinTell Halaf, The divine traid, a sitting lion with a human head, a lion and a bullTell Halaf, Sculpture of scorpion-bird-man, guarding the gateway to the palace terrace (scorpion-gate)Tell Halaf, West palace, south wall various reliefsTell Halaf, Statue of a god, detailTell Halaf, West palace south wall, orthostat with an animalTell Halaf, The divine traid, a sitting lion with a human head, two lions and a bullTell Halaf, Head of a sculpture of scorpion-bird-man, guarding the gateway to the palace terrace (scorpion-gate)Tell Halaf, West palace south wall, orthostate representing an archerTell Halaf, Statue of a goddessTell Halaf, West palace south wall, various orthostatsTell Halaf, Architectural fragment, representing a headTell Halaf, Various orthostates, found in tempel-palaceTell Halaf, West palace south wall, orthostate representing a cherubsTell Halaf, Statue of a goddess, detailTell Halaf, West palace south wall, orthostats with an archer, bull and a griffinTell Halaf, Orthostat with a man on a horseTell Halaf, Various orthostates, found in tempel-palaceTell Halaf, West palace south wall, orthostate representing a lionTell Halaf, Statue of a god and one of a goddessTell Halaf, West palace south wall, orthostats with a griffin, soldier and a cherubsTell Halaf, Orthostate representing an archer, found in palace IVTell Halaf, Various orthostates, found in tempel-palaceTell Halaf, West palace south wall reconstruction

Location:

  • Syrian Arab Republic, Ceylanpınar
  • geo:36.850094,40.063274
  • Location ± 25-100 m.

Class:

  • City
  • invisible

Identifiers:

Annotations

Resaina - Resaena, Resina modern Ras elAin was a Meopotamian city near the sources of the Aborras/Chaboras. The site has been inhabited since at least the Neolithic age (c. 8,000 BC). Today settlement existed since ca 2000 BC.  Later known as the ancient Aramean city of Sikkan, the Roman city of RhesainaAfter its restoration and fortification by Theodosius, it was called Theodosiopolis. The Sasanians destroyed the city twice in 578 and 580 before rebuilding it.

There was a mint  manufactured coins 1

See:

  1. Harry Thurston Peck Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities. New York. Harper and Brothers. 1898, sv. Resaina
  2. David, and Joan Oates. "Ain Sinu: A Roman Frontier Post in Northern Iraq." Iraq 21, no. 2 (1959), pp. 207-242

References

  1. ↑David, and Joan Oates, 1959, p. 214,237, 239


Relevant museums

Deir ez-Zor Museum

Deir ez-Zor, Archaeological Museum

Aleppo, National Museum

Large collection of Bronze Age (a/o Ebla, Mari, Ugarit), Iron Age (Arslan Tash), Hellenistic, and Roman finds.

Pergamon Museum in Berlin

Houses original-sized, reconstructed monumental buildings such as the Market Gate of Miletus.

Brussels, Koninklijke musea voor kunst en geschiedenis

Brussels, Koninklijke musea voor kunst en geschiedenis

Paris, Louvre

Paris, Louvre

New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art

New York, Metropolitan Museum of Art


Nearby

Tell el Fakhariya - Sikkan (1 km)

Tell el Fecheriyeh from Neolithic Age. Tell Fekheriye tell Fecheriye. Tell Fakhariyah.

Tell Fekheriye Bilingual Inscription (2 km)

Akkadian and Aramaic inscription.

Northeast Palace (Tal Halaf) (3 km)

Northeast Palace (Tal Halaf)


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