The Aramaeans in Ancient Syria

234 dominik bonatz disk.130 this is clearly the symbol of the moon-god (or the lunar cycle in its two phases), which the stelae ...

art 235 of a statue—even if, as here, it is dedicated to a god—must be explicitly understood as an act in the here and now to en ...

236 dominik bonatz this cult was practiced in public for a long period of time, at least in the inner area of the citadel of sam ...

art 237 neck. Due to the site’s location on the former territory of Bit adini, it is likely that the statue shows a ruler of thi ...

238 dominik bonatz words, as in the case of the statues, the figures face the viewer with out- stretched forearms and the staff ...

art 239 were the first to commemorate the names and images of non-royals as well. as such, they are the most clearly visible and ...

240 dominik bonatz the concept of the funerary repast is also embodied in the two mon- umental grave statues that were found bur ...

art 241 samʾal since the image showing him seated in front of the feasting table is strikingly similar in terms of both its rela ...

242 dominik bonatz “soul,” as well as by the visual representation of food.169 the inscription on the stele of sin-zera-ibni, th ...

art 243 from regular excavations.174 as a result, the initial situation is extremely unfavorable for any attempt to identify ara ...

244 dominik bonatz name as a theophoric element in their own names.182 It is therefore not surprising that aramaean officials ch ...

art 245 to the king.”188 On these handles, though, the diagrammatic rendering of the winged sun with upward-curving wing tips li ...

246 dominik bonatz the strong impact that this luxury item had on the assyrian élite is con- firmed by the large number of image ...

art 247 north syrian ivory carvings are generally characterized by frontality, bold oval faces, and the fuller use of space, whi ...

248 dominik bonatz the small assemblage of ivories from Zincirli also includes works in the south syrian style. In this case an ...

art 249 executed almost completely in the round, and the courtiers on the orthos- tats at hilani III in samʾal (pl. Iv). In a ch ...

250 dominik bonatz a major problem in pinpointing the location of these workshops and reconstructing regional styles in north sy ...

art 251 the finds from samʾal include a large bronze cauldron,226 a sarcophagus,227 several mace heads,228 horse blinkers with a ...

252 dominik bonatz several times (pl. XXvI). In addition to representations of nude female figures under a winged sun, it bears ...

art 253 if it is holding the bowl, but there are a few exceptions on which a volute- palmette design is carved into the base. Ma ...