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Surroundings:

Kasr il Benat, Church of ConventAncient mosque

Location:

  • Syrian Arab Republic, Mustajīd Naqīb
  • geo:35.957317,39.047096
  • Location ± 25-100 m.

Period or year:

  • -2500~ / unknown

Class:

  • Temple or sanctuary
  • visible

Identifiers:

  • vici:place=41129

Annotations

The Code of Hammurabi (1792-50 BCE) names Dagan as the protector of the people of Tuttul.

See:

  1. Bradley L. Crowell, The development of Dagan: a sketch in: Journal of Ancient Near Eastern Religions 2001, vol. 1/1, pp. 32-83.
  2. Bi'a, (Tell), in: Piotr Bienkowski, Alan Millard (eds..), Dictionary of the Ancient Near East, British Museum Press, London 2000, p. 52
  3. Manfred Krebernik: Tall Bi'a / Tuttul–II. Die Altorientalischen Schriftfunde. Bd. 2, Saarbrücker Druckerei und Verlag, Saarbrücken 2001, p. 11

Nearby

Tell Bi'a (Tuttul)

Tell Bia (Tuttul)

Kasr il Benat, Church of Convent (2 km)

Qasr il-Benat. Qasr al-Banat.

Callinicum (2 km)

Fifth century convent in the Roman-Byzantine city of Callinicum.


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