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Aleppo temple of the Storm God inscriptions
The Aleppo temple of the Storm God inscriptions are Hieroglyphic Luwian royal inscriptions of King Taita of Palistin, carved on the Aleppo citadel in the 11th century BC.
Aram Rehob
Aram Rehob, also called Beth-Rehob or Bit Rehob, was a small Aramean state of the 10th and 9th centuries BC near Dan, remembered as an ally of Aram-Zobah against David.
Aram-Damascus
Aram-Damascus, also known as the Aramean kingdom of Damascus, was an Aramean kingdom centered on Damascus, the principal Aramean state of the 9th and 8th centuries BC.
Aramean states
The Aramean states, also called Aramaean states, were small Iron Age kingdoms of Syria and upper Mesopotamia ruled by Aramaic-speaking dynasts and absorbed into the Neo-Assyrian Empire.
Arslan Tash amulets
The Arslan Tash amulets are two limestone plaques bought at Arslan Tash in northern Syria in 1933, carrying Phoenician protective incantations in Aramaic script, dated to the 7th century BCE and long disputed as possible forgeries.
Arslan Tash ivory inscription
The Arslan Tash ivory inscription is a short Aramaic text on an ivory furniture veneer naming Hazael, king of Damascus, found at Arslan Tash, Syria, in 1928.
Arsuz stelae
The Arsuz stelae are two near-identical basalt stelae of the later tenth century BC, found in 2007 at Uluçınar in Hatay, Turkey, bearing Hieroglyphic Luwian inscriptions of King Suppiluliuma of Walastin.
Bit Adini
Bit Adini (Bīt-Adini), known in the Hebrew Bible as Beth-Eden, was an Aramean kingdom on the middle Euphrates with its capital at Til Barsip, conquered by Assyria in 856 BC.
Bit Agusi
Bit Agusi, also written Bit Agushi, was an Aramean kingdom in northern Syria with its capital at Arpad (modern Tell Rifa'at), annexed by Assyria in 740 BCE.
Bit Bahiani
Bit Bahiani was an Aramean principality on the Habur river in northeastern Syria, centered on Guzana, modern Tell Halaf, attested from 894 BC and annexed by Assyria in the early eighth century BC.
Bit-Halupe
Bit-Halupe (بيت خلوبي), also written Bit-Ḫalupe and Bet-Halupe, was a small Aramean emirate on the middle Euphrates with its capital at Suru, annexed by Assyria under Tiglath-pileser III.
Bit-Zamani
Bit-Zamani, also written Bet-Zamani, was an Aramean kingdom of the upper Tigris valley centered on Amida, best known from Neo-Assyrian records and later absorbed into the Assyrian province of Amēdu.
Boybeypınarı inscription
The Boybeypınarı inscription is a set of four Hieroglyphic Luwian basalt blocks from Adıyaman Province, Turkey, dedicated to the goddess Kubaba by Panamuwati, wife of the Kummuh king Suppiluliuma.
Carchemish inscriptions
The Carchemish inscriptions, also called the Carchemish hieroglyphic Luwian corpus, are Iron Age Hieroglyphic Luwian texts from Karkemish, the largest corpus from any single Neo-Hittite site.
Carpentras Stele
The Carpentras Stele is an Aramaic funerary inscription of unknown provenance and the earliest known Aramaic find from Egypt, dated to the Persian period after 400 BCE.
Çineköy inscription
The Çineköy inscription, a Phoenician and Hieroglyphic Luwian bilingual, was carved in the 8th century BC for Warikas, king of Que in Cilicia near Adana, Turkey.
Gozan Pedestal inscription
The Gozan Pedestal inscription is a short Old Aramaic text on a limestone altar from Tell Halaf, commemorating the Aramaean ruler Zdnt of the Bakhiani house.
Gözne Boundary Stone
The Gözne Boundary Stone is a five-line Aramaic inscription carved on natural rock near Gözne Castle in Mersin Province, Turkey, marking the boundary of Lampron in the name of Baalshamin.
Gurgum
Gurgum was a Syro-Hittite kingdom centered at Marqasi, the modern Kahramanmaraş in southern Turkey, ruled by thirteen Luwian-speaking kings until Assyria annexed it in 711 BC.
Hama inscriptions
The Hama inscriptions, also called Hama orthostats or Hama stelae, are Hieroglyphic Luwian royal monuments from Hama, Syria, chiefly of the 9th-century BC kings Urhilina and Uratami.
Harran Census
The Harran Census is a group of Neo-Assyrian clay tablets, excavated at Nineveh and held in the British Museum, that record households, landholdings, and livestock in the district around Harran.
Hasanbeyli inscription
The Hasanbeyli inscription is a Phoenician-language basalt stele acquired in 1894 at Hasanbeyli in southern Turkey, dated roughly 750 to 700 BC and cataloged as KAI 23.
Hazael horse frontlet
The Hazael horse frontlet is a bronze horse-bridle plaque with an Aramaic inscription naming Hazael, king of Damascus in the 9th century BC, excavated at the Temple of Hera on Samos in 1984.
Ḫilakku
Ḫilakku was an Iron Age Neo-Hittite land of mountainous western Cilicia, distinct from the plain of Que, first recorded in 858 BC and repeatedly resisting Assyria; its name became Greek Cilicia.
House of Gabbar
The House of Gabbar, or Bit Gabbar, was the royal dynasty of the Iron Age kingdom of Sam'al, ruling from Zincirli from the tenth to the late eighth century BC.
House of Hazael
The House of Hazael, or Hazael dynasty, was the dynasty that ruled the Aramean kingdom of Aram-Damascus from around 842 BC into the early 8th century BC.
House of Suhis
The House of Suhis, or Suhi-Katuwa dynasty, was a four-generation line of rulers of the Syro-Hittite kingdom of Carchemish in the 10th century BC, known from Hieroglyphic Luwian inscriptions.
İspeçkür stele
The İspeçkür stele, or Ispekchur stele, is a four-sided limestone monument with reliefs and a hieroglyphic Luwian inscription, erected by the Malatya ruler Arnuwanti II.
Kamanis inscription
The Kamanis inscription, also called the Kamanis stele, is a set of Hieroglyphic Luwian texts of Kamani, son of Astiruwa, a ruler of the Neo-Hittite kingdom of Karkamiš around 790 BC.
Kammanu
Kammanu was a Luwian-speaking Neo-Hittite kingdom of the Iron Age, centered on the royal city of Melid at Arslantepe near Malatya in eastern Turkey, until the Assyrian conquest of 712 BC.