Tell Halaf

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Tell Halaf is an important archaeological mound in northeastern Syria known for its early first-millennium BCE Aramaean city and distinctive painted pottery culture.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient city
archaeological site
tell (archaeological mound)
ancientName Gozan NERFINISHED
Guzana NERFINISHED
archaeologicalPhase Halaf period NERFINISHED
Iron Age Aramaean period
artStyle Aramaean art
Syro-Hittite art
associatedPeople Aramaeans NERFINISHED
Neo-Hittites NERFINISHED
coordinateType geographic coordinates
country Syria
culture Halaf culture NERFINISHED
discoveredBy Max von Oppenheim NERFINISHED
excavatedBy Max von Oppenheim NERFINISHED
firstExcavationEndDate 1913 GENERATED
firstExcavationStartDate 1911 GENERATED
hasArchaeologicalFind Halaf ware NERFINISHED
basalt sculptures
colossal statues
figurines
orthostat relief slabs
polychrome painted pottery
stamp seals
hasCollectionIn Pergamon Museum NERFINISHED
Tell Halaf Museum (Berlin, historical) NERFINISHED
knownFor Halaf painted pottery
Neo-Hittite and Aramaean monumental sculpture
basalt statues
early first-millennium BCE Aramaean city
large stone guardian figures
orthostat reliefs
locatedIn al-Hasakah Governorate NERFINISHED
northeastern Syria
locatedNear Khabur River NERFINISHED
Turkish border
materialCulture fine painted ceramics with geometric motifs
monumental gateways
stone architecture
partOf Fertile Crescent NERFINISHED
region Upper Mesopotamia NERFINISHED
significance key site for study of early Aramaean states
type-site of the Halaf culture
subsequentExcavations 1929
1931
timePeriod Chalcolithic
Iron Age
Neolithic

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