Sam’al

Gaziantep



Attribution: Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin FRCP(Glasg), with CC BY-SA 4.0 license, original file:King_Barrekub_prays_in_front_of_divine_symbols._Detail_of_a_stele_from_Sam%27al._8th_century_BC._Museum_of_the_Ancient_Orient%2C_Istanbul.jpg

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Zincirli Höyük, Kahramanmaraş-Osmaniye yolu, İslahiye, Gaziantep, Güneydoğu Anadolu Bölgesi, Türkiye

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Sam’al is an archeological and tourist site to visit in Turkiye ... Read more on Wikipedia


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2013-12-05 in Istanbul.



Attribution: Dosseman, with CC BY-SA 4.0 license, original file:Gaziantep_Archaeology_museum_Kuttamuwa_stele_4270.jpg , Wikipedia
Kuttamuwa stele. Basalt, Iron Age, Zincirli Mound



Attribution: Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin FRCP(Glasg), with CC BY-SA 4.0 license, original file:King_Barrekub_prays_in_front_of_divine_symbols._Detail_of_a_stele_from_Sam%27al._8th_century_BC._Museum_of_the_Ancient_Orient%2C_Istanbul.jpg , Wikipedia
King Barrekub prays in front of divine symbols. The Hittite hieroglyphic inscriptions (not seen) narrate the construction of his palace at Sam'al. Detail of a basalt stele from Sam'al (Zincirli Höyük), in modern-day Turkey. Late Hittite period, 8th century BC. Museum of the Ancient Orient, Istanbul.



Attribution: José Luiz , with CC BY-SA 4.0 license, original file:Relief_of_king_Barrakib_from_Zincirli_-_Pergamonmuseum_-_Berlin_-_Germany_2017.jpg , Wikipedia
Pergamonmuseum - Berlin - Germany



Attribution: Pdulieu, with CC BY-SA 4.0 license, original file:Statue_of_Weather_God_Haddad.jpg , Wikipedia
A colossal statue of the Weather God Haddad. Found in Gerdshin near Zincirli (Turkey). 775 B.C.



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Location map of Turkey



Attribution: Richard Mortel from Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, with CC BY 2.0 license, original file:Victory_stele_of_Esarhaddon.jpg , Wikipedia
Victory stele of Esarhaddon



Attribution: Klaus-Peter Simon, with CC BY-SA 3.0 license, original file:Zincirli1.jpg , Wikipedia
Zincirli (Sam'al), Archäologische Grabungsstelle bei Islahiye, Südtürkei


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