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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, West palace south wall reconstructionTell Halaf, The divine triad, one god standing on a lion, one god standing on a bull and a goddess standing on a lion, supporters of the portico of the temple-palaceTell Halaf, West palace south wall, orthostats with a bull, a lion and a human figureTell Halaf, Orthostate representing a cherubs, found in palace IVTell Halaf, West palace entrance, orthostat representing an archer and a bullTell Halaf, West palace south wall, various orthostatsTell Halaf, The divine triad, one god standing on a lion, one god standing on a bull and a goddess standing on a lion, supporters of the portico of the temple-palaceTell Halaf, West palace south wall, orthostats with a goose, palm tree and a soldier with a spearTell Halaf, Orthostate representing a lion, found in palace IVTell Halaf, West palace entrance, orthostat representing an archer and a deerTell Halaf, West palace south wall relief mus Aleppo,02Tell Halaf, The divine triad, one god standing on a lion and one god standing on a bull, supporters of the portico of the temple-palaceTell Halaf, West palace south wall, orthostat with a gooseTell Halaf, Various orthostates, found in the Western palaceTell Halaf, West palace entrance, orthostat of a winged sun disk, supported by two bull-man and a kneeling man with three lines of cuneiform inscriptionTell Halaf, West palace south wall, orthostat with chariotTell Halaf, One god of the divine triad, supporter of the portico of the temple-palaceTell Halaf, Various orthostates, found in the Western palaceTell Halaf, West palace entrance, orthostat with a prowling lionTell Halaf, West palace south wall, orthostats with marching soldiersTell Halaf, Bull, supporting one god of the divine triadTell Halaf, Various orthostates, found in the Western palaceTell Halaf, Orthostat seated figure holding lotus flower, winged sun disc supported by two bull-menfound south wall of temple palaceTell Halaf, Seated couple and offering bowl, found in so-calles cult room in teh Lower TowerTell Halaf, West palace south wall, orthostats with animals (a lion)Tell Halaf, The divine traid, two sitting lions with a human head and a slab with a running lionTell Halaf, Sculpture of scorpion-bird-man, guarding the gateway to the palace terrace (scorpion-gate)

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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