THE TEMPLE OF THE STORM GOD IN ALEPPO DURING THE LATE BRONZE AND EARLY IRON AGES

Only the western side of the entrance chamber has survived; apart from the corner foundation stone, the eastern part was destroyed completely by a Byzantine period structure, but can be reconstructed as a mirror image of the western side. The plain orthostats of the western wall belong to a renovati...

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Published inNear Eastern archaeology Vol. 72; no. 4; pp. 190 - 202
Main Author Kohlmeyer, Kay
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Chicago American Schools of Oriental Research 01.12.2009
University of Chicago Press
Subjects
Bronze Age
Excavations
Hieroglyphics
Hittite Empire
Hittites
Kilts
Renovations
Sculptors
Storms
Temples
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Summary:Only the western side of the entrance chamber has survived; apart from the corner foundation stone, the eastern part was destroyed completely by a Byzantine period structure, but can be reconstructed as a mirror image of the western side. The plain orthostats of the western wall belong to a renovation during the Late Bronze I, and share technical similarities with buildings at Tilmen Höyük and Alalakh.\n All of these deities are recorded on offering lists in Hattusa as belonging to the Aleppo pantheon already in the late-second millennium B.C.E. However, as we have noted, a number of figures indicate Syro-Mesopotamian origins, including the winged genii, and such protective spirits as the scorpion demon arid thé lion demon.
ISSN:1094-2076
2325-5404
DOI:10.1086/NEA25754027