TELL AFIS IN THE IRON AGE: The Aramaic Inscriptions
Three fragmentary inscriptions are to be added to the well-known Aramaic inscription of King Zakkur of Hamath and Luʿash (around 790–80 B.C.E.) found at Tell Afis in 1903 by Henri Pognon. They confirm that Afis was Hatarikka/Hazrak, besieged by a coalition of sixteen rulers, and led by Barhadad, kin...
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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University of Chicago Press
2014
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Near Eastern archaeology
Year: 2014, Volume: 77, Issue: 1, Pages: 54-57 |
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Summary: | Three fragmentary inscriptions are to be added to the well-known Aramaic inscription of King Zakkur of Hamath and Luʿash (around 790–80 B.C.E.) found at Tell Afis in 1903 by Henri Pognon. They confirm that Afis was Hatarikka/Hazrak, besieged by a coalition of sixteen rulers, and led by Barhadad, king of Damascus. The first fragmentary inscription mentions Hazael, quite probably a predecessor of Barhadad. The second inscription, on the handle of an amphora, preserves a personal name, perhaps of Phoenician origin. The third fragment has the god's name El-wer, also attested to in the Zakkur stele as the main deity of Hazrak. |
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ISSN: | 2325-5404 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: Near Eastern archaeology
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.5615/neareastarch.77.1.0054 |