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Location

  • Syrian Arab Republic, Tall Aḩmar
  • geo:36.676098,38.120312

Period or year

  • -850~ / unknown

Classification

  • altar
  • Visible

Tel Amhar Stele I

data access 58101

Tell Ahmar I is a large 3 meter high stele dates from ca mid 9th century BC. The image of Storm-god standing on a bul is crrowned with a winged sun disk partially damaged. The three sides of stele covers 8-line Luwian inscription of a Masuwari ruler, the son of Ariyahina. Currently stele is in National Museum in Aleppo.

Sources:

  1. G. Bunnens, J.D. Hawkins, and Leirens, I. A New Luwian Stele and the Cult of the Storm-God at Til Barsib-Masuwari. Tell Ahmar II. Leuven, 2006.
  2.  J. D. Hawkins, Corpus of Hieroglyphic Luwian Inscriptions, Vol 1, Berlin, 2000, pp. 224-245 and plts 91-102.
  3. W. Orthmann,  Untersuchungen zur späthethitischen Kunst, Bonn, 1971.
  4. F. Thureau-Dangin, and M. Dunand. Til-Barsib, Paris, 1936.
  5. Tayfun Bilgin, Tel Amhar - Hittite Monuments-https://www.hittitemonuments.com/tellahmar/

Relevant museums

  • Aleppo, National Museum
    Large collection of Bronze Age (a/o Ebla, Mari, Ugarit), Iron Age (Arslan Tash), Hellenistic, and Roman finds.
    Syrian Arab Republic, Aleppo
  • Deir ez-Zor Museum
    Deir ez-Zor, Archaeological Museum
    Syrian Arab Republic, Deir ez-Zor
  • Paris, Louvre
    Paris, Louvre
    France, Paris

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Creators: Entry created by Elżbieta (2018-12-14) , with possible contributions by others. CC BY-SA 4.0, metadata CC-0.
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Suggested citation: Elżbieta , Tel Amhar Stele I. https://vici.org/vici/58101, accessed 2026-11-06.