Hamath

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ancient city archaeological site

Hamath is an ancient city of Syria, frequently mentioned in Near Eastern and biblical sources, located at the site of modern Hama on the Orontes River.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Hamath canonical 3
Assyrian province of Hamath 1
Hamath-Hama 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient city ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ
ancientNameVariant Hamath self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Hamath-Hama
archaeologicalEvidence city walls and fortifications ⓘ
inscriptions in Aramaic and Luwian ⓘ
associatedWithPeople Arameans ⓘ
Neo-Hittite states ⓘ
surface form: Neo-Hittites
biblicalAssociation border region of ancient Israel ⓘ
“entrance of Hamath” ⓘ
conqueredBy Assyria ⓘ
surface form: Assyrian Empire

Sargon II ⓘ
Tiglath-Pileser III ⓘ
country Syria ⓘ
culture Syro-Hittite culture ⓘ
geographicalFeature city on the Orontes valley ⓘ
governedAs Assyrian province after conquest ⓘ
hasType Levantine city ⓘ
historicalPeriod Bronze Age ⓘ
Iron Age ⓘ
languageInAntiquity Aramaic ⓘ
Luwians ⓘ
surface form: Luwian (Neo-Hittite)
locatedIn Hama ⓘ
Syria ⓘ
western Syria ⓘ
locatedOnRiver Orontes River ⓘ
mentionedIn Assyrian sources ⓘ
Egyptian sources ⓘ
Tanakh ⓘ
surface form: Hebrew Bible

Neo-Hittite inscriptions ⓘ
Bible ⓘ
surface form: Old Testament
modernCountry Syria ⓘ
surface form: Syrian Arab Republic
modernSite Hama ⓘ
nearbyAncientCities Arpad ⓘ
Riblah ⓘ
nearbyRegion Coele-Syria ⓘ
onTradeRoute routes between Mesopotamia and the Mediterranean ⓘ
partOf Kingdom of Hamath ⓘ
presentIn Syrian governorate of Hama ⓘ
region Western Asia ⓘ
surface form: Near East
religiousContext mentioned in prophetic books of the Bible ⓘ
religiousMention 2 Kings 14:25 ⓘ
Amos 6:2 ⓘ
Ezekiel 47:16 ⓘ
Numbers 34:8 ⓘ
role capital of the Kingdom of Hamath ⓘ
strategicImportance control of north–south corridor in Syria ⓘ

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Hama → historicalName → Hamath ⓘ
Arameans → notableKingdom → Hamath ⓘ
Neo-Hittite states → notableMember → Hamath ⓘ
Assyrian province of Samerina → borderedBy → Hamath ⓘ
this entity surface form: Assyrian province of Hamath
Hamath → ancientNameVariant → Hamath self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hamath-Hama