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Talmi-Sharruma inscription (ALEPPO 1)Talmi-Sharruma inscription (ALEPPO 1)Aleppo, Citadel, remains of the temple of Hadad, a Semitic god of the thunderstormAleppo, Slab with male servant and slab with lionAleppo, Mosaic with personification of the river Gihon, one of rivers issuing out the Garden of EdenAleppo, Slab with a winged lionAleppo, Mosaic with personification of the river Phison, one of rivers issuing out the Garden of EdenAleppo, Slab with palmtree and slab with a lionAleppo, Slab with sheep and birdAleppo, Slab with oystrich and slab with a lionAleppo, TigermosaicAleppo, EagleAleppo, Slab with watercarrierAleppo, Stele of Germanicus Andros with Greek inscriptionAleppo, Statue of a lionTartous, glass bowlAleppo, Stele of Germanicus Andros with Greek inscriptionAleppo, Tombstone of M. Titius Lixia, Cohort III Thracum Syriacae, with Roman inscriptionAleppo, Statue of a standing man, posibly a prince of Efrad, found in Ain el tellAleppo, Terracotta tablet with Arameen inscriptionAleppo, Statue of a sitting man with Greek inscriptionAleppo, Relief of Hadad, god of the thunderstorm, found in BabylonAleppo, Headless statue of a Parthian warriorAleppo, Slab with warrior(king?) and slab with scaffolding horseAleppo, Relief showing a sitting and a standing women, with an eagle, a dog and a brancheAleppo, Slab with bull and slab with male servantAleppo, Relief showing a sitting and a standing women, with an eagle, a dog and a brancheAleppo Citadel - TheatreAleppo, Citadel, ornament with snakes as symbol of eternityAleppo, Citadel, mihrab

Location:

  • Syrian Arab Republic, Aleppo
  • geo:36.199512,37.155903
  • Location ± 0-5 m.

Period or year:

  • 4xx / unknown

Class:

  • Temple or sanctuary
  • visible

Identifiers:

  • vici:place=51601

Annotations

Modern Halawiyya Mosque and Madrasa complex that dates to the 5th century was originally Aleppo's great Byzantine cathedral. According the tradition built by Saint Helena (246-330) mother of  Constantine the Great (272-337).

See:

  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20120928191428/http://www.sonic.net/~tallen/palmtree/ayyarch/ch2.htm#alep.mhal
  2. http://archnet.org/library/sites/one-site.jsp?site_id=2693
  3. Howard Crosby Butler: Early Churches in Syria. Fourth to Seventh Centuries. Princeton University Press, Princeton 1929, p. 170-171

Relevant museums

Aleppo, National Museum

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

Istanbul Archaeology Museums

Istanbul Archaeology Museums

Paris, Louvre

Paris, Louvre


Nearby

Beroea, temple

Beroia, temple

Talmi-Sharruma inscription, Aleppo 1

Talmi-Sharruma inscription, Aleppo 1

Hadad Temple, Aleppo

Temple of the Storm God inside the citadel.


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