The temple of the storm god in aleppo during the late bronze and early iron ages
- Title
- The temple of the storm god in aleppo during the late bronze and early iron ages
- Creator(s)
- Kohlmeyer, Kay
- Date
- 2009
- Is Part Of
- Near Eastern Archaeology
- Volume
- 72
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 190-202
- Language
- eng
- Abstract
- The temple of the Storm God has sat at the top of the citadel mound of the ancient city of Aleppo in Syria for four and a half millennia, buried for nearly three of those beneath later architectural remains. A German expedition working on the citadel since 1996 has recovered the plan of the temple in all its phases, from the Early Bronze through the Iron Ages. Most spectacular are the high quality reliefs, dating to various periods of the temple's life and carved in different styles, that decorated the temple and the Hieroglyphic Luwian inscriptions that accompanied them. These finds provide important artistic, religious, and historical data for the period of the Hittite domination and the subsequent Neo-Hittite period in the region.
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