Tell Afis
تل آفس | |
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| Alternative name | Hazrek of Luhuti |
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| Location | Syria |
| Region | Idlib region |
| Coordinates | 35°54′18″N 36°47′55″E / 35.905°N 36.798611°E |
| Type | settlement |
| Site notes | |
| Excavation dates | 1986–ongoing |
| Archaeologists | Stefania Mazzoni and Serena Maria Cecchini |
| Condition | ruins |
Tell Afis is an archaeological site in the Idlib region of northern Syria, and lies about fifty kilometres southeast of Aleppo.[1] The site is thought to be that of ancient Hazrek (or Hazrach; Hatarikka for the Assyrians) capital of Luhuti.[2][3] Also, this site may have been the ancient Hadrach, mentioned in the Bible.
The Stele of Zakkur, which contains a dedication in Aramaic to the god Iluwer, was discovered here in 1903.[4]
History[]
Occupation of the site is stretching from the fourth millennium BCE to the Neo-Assyrian period.
Archaeology[]
The tell is 28 hectares in area. In 1932 William F. Albright collected Iron Age pottery in a surface collection.[5] IN 1970, 1972, and 1978 excavations were conducted by Paolo Matthiae.[6] The site has been excavated since 1986 by a joint project from the universities of Rome, Pisa and Bologna, under the direction of Stefania Mazzoni and Serena Maria Cecchini.[7][8]
The site was reportedly damaged by encampments during the Syrian civil war.[9]
References[]
- ^ Venturi, F. (2007) La Siria nell’Età delle Trasformazioni: Nuovi Contributi dallo Scavo di Tell Afis, Cooperativa Libraria Universitaria Editirice Bologna.
- ^ Trevor Bryce. The Routledge Handbook of the Peoples and Places of Ancient Western Asia. p. 296.
- ^ I. E. S. Edwards; Cyril John Gadd; Nicholas Geoffrey Lemprière Hammondpage. The Cambridge Ancient History: Early History of the Middle East. Part 2, Volume 1. p. 282.
- ^ J. C. L. Gibson, Textbook of Syrian Semitic Inscriptions: II. Aramaic Inscriptions, Oxford University Press, 1975 ISBN 9780198131861
- ^ W. F.Albright, Archaeological and Topographical Explorations in Palestine and Syria: Bulletin of the American Schools of Oriental Research, vol. 49, pp. 23–31, 1933
- ^ P. Matthiae,Sondages à Tell Afis (Syrie), 1978: Akkadica, vol. 14, pp. 2–5, 1978
- ^ Venturi, F. (2007) La Siria nell’Età delle Trasformazioni: Nuovi Contributi dallo Scavo di Tell Afis, Cooperativa Libraria Universitaria Editirice Bologna.
- ^ Stefania Mazzoni, Tell Afis: History and Excavations, Near Eastern Archaeology, vol. 76(4), pp. 204-212, December 2013
- ^ Cunliffe, Emma., Damage to the Soul: Syria's cultural heritage in conflict, Durham University and the Global Heritage Fund, 1 May 2012
See also[]
- Cities of the ancient Near East
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Coordinates: 35°54′18″N 36°47′55″E / 35.90500°N 36.79861°E
- Iron Age sites in Syria
- Archaeological sites in Idlib Governorate