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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, Relief showing a sitting and a standing women, with an eagle, a dog and a brancheAleppo, 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 Citadel - TheatreAleppo, Citadel, ornament with snake as symbol of eternityAleppo, Citadel, ornament with snakes as symbol of eternity

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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