The Aramaeans in Ancient Syria

194 herbert niehr of the gate to the upper city. it measures 115 × 59 × 31 cm and dates to the 9th or 8th century B.c. the relie ...

religion 195 Furthermore, there are references to the cult of the god Baʿalšamayin in Damascus. While excavating near the house ...

196 herbert niehr the pantheon in general is called ʾlhn and has a sub-group šdyn, which may be considered a council of gods.350 ...

religion 197 accompanied by a ritual of its own.356 this may also have been the case in 9th-century Damascus. a reference found ...

198 herbert niehr age, although they have not yet been able to shed light on the function of this complex.360 the appearance of ...

religion 199 consisted of a paved platform with a horned altar made of basalt. nearby was a pit containing animal bones, ash, an ...

200 herbert niehr on coins from the early 1st century B.c. the goddess atargatis is also shown standing on a two-tiered pedestal ...

religion 201 aramaeans of syria. only a few selected references to its survival far into christian times can be presented here. ...

202 herbert niehr criticism of the church fathers about the cult of atargatis it is clear that this cult was active well into th ...

religion 203 of palmyra. his accompanying bulls were made astral deities and depicted anthropomorphically. Yarḥibol became a sun ...

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chapter seven art Dominik Bonatz 1. introduction 1.1 Aramaean Art: Problems of Definition a discussion of the art created by the ...

206 dominik bonatz works were probably a feature of assyrian culture both at the center of the empire and on its periphery. In t ...

art 207 Orontes river most vividly documents the transition from a Luwian to an aramaean ruling class. In the case of Damascus i ...

208 dominik bonatz ivory carvings) were closely intertwined with the ideology linked to the king and the local élite. the assyri ...

art 209 the development of this monumental style doubtless had its origins in Luwian cities such as carchemish and Malatya, whic ...

210 dominik bonatz increasingly opened up to foreign influences in ways that accorded with their specific interests. 2.1 Samʾal ...

art 211 2.1.1 Orthostat Reliefs the oldest series of sculptural reliefs in samʾal were found at the southern city gate and the o ...

212 dominik bonatz in carchemish—similarities that are typical of other visual motifs in the context of the outer citadel gate.2 ...

art 213 encouraged the formation of a distinct court style that even determined the themes of the images. assyrian influences ca ...