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Tell Ahmar (archaeological site) |
Coordinates: |
| Lat: 36 08 00 N degrees minutes |
Lat: 36.1330 decimal degrees |
| Long: 037 34 00 E degrees minutes |
Long: 37.5760 decimal degrees |
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Note: Iron Age city that became capital of the Aramaean city of Bit-Adini in Upper Syria. It became an important Assyrian administration center due to its strategic position on the Euphrates River. It was later captured by the Chaldean king Nabopolassar in 611, but never regained its former importance. It was first excavated by the Thureau-Dangin team in the 1930s, and later many important ivory carvings were found in the 1980s by the excavations made by Guy Bunnens. |
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| Tell Ahmar (preferred,C,V)
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| Tall al-Ahmar (C,V)
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| Til Barsib (H,O)
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| Til Barsip (H,O)
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| Kar-Shulmanashared (H,O)
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............ | renamed after the Assyrian King, Shalmaneser III |
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Asia (continent) (P) |
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Ḩalab (governorate) (P) |
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| archaeological site (preferred, C) |
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first excavated by François Thureau-Dangin in the 1930s |
| inhabited place (H) |
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as early as the Neolithic Period |
| city (H) |
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during the Iron Age |
| capital (H) |
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of the Aramaen Kingdom of Bit-Adini |
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