Arslan Tash

Arslan Tash

Arslan Tash (Turkish; Arslan Taş, Stone Lion), ancient "Hadātu", is an archaeological site in northern Syria. It was the center of an Aramean Iron Age kingdom, which were conquered by Assyria in the 9th century BC. The site of Arslan Tash was explored by the French archaeologist François Thureau-Dangin in the 1920s and 30s. He discovered a city with a palace, surrounded by city walls and gates adorned with lions carved from stone. The most important discoveries from Arslan Tash were, however, the ivory objects of high artistic quality which today are kept at the Archaeological Museum in Aleppo and in the Louvre. The Arslan Tash ivories are also of use for Old Testament studies.

External links

* [http://rubens.anu.edu.au/htdocs/bycountry/france/paris/museums/louvre/antiquities/mesopotamia/Arslan.Tash.ivories.8thCBC/ Photos of the Arslan Tash ivories in the Louvre.]
* [http://www.ezida.com/lion%20arslan%20tash.htm "Les lions d’Arslan Tash" - French website with photos from the Thureau-Dangin campaign.]


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