Tell Fekheriye — Assyrian Bilingual Statue Tell
Neo-Assyrian (9th c. BCE bilingual: Assyrian/Aramaic)·Aramaean Bit Bahiani → Assyrian·🇸🇾 Hasakah, Khabur head, near Ras al-Ayn, Syria
About
About Tell Fekheriye — Assyrian Bilingual Statue Tell
Head of Khabur tell excavated by Moortgat 1955–56 and recent Syrian, statue bilingual published 1982.
Why it mattersKey Aramaean Bit Bahiani → Assyrian tell with stratified sequence and regional typology.
Open questions
Mysteries & theories
Mysteries
- 01Collapse cause
- 02Chronology and phasing
Theories
- 01Elite residence
- 02Territorial marker
Theories are interpretations, not findings. The seal above tells you how much scholarly weight the place carries.
History
How it came to be
- Built
- c. 850 BCE statue of Hadad-yis'i; tell Mitanni 1500 BCE
- Period
- Neo-Assyrian (9th c. BCE bilingual: Assyrian/Aramaic)
- Culture
- Aramaean Bit Bahiani → Assyrian
- Purpose
- Aramaic-Assyrian bilingual statue find spot — key to Aramaic decipherment, Khabur capital Sikani/Washukanni hinterland
- Rediscovered
- Modern excavation 1868
- Excavation
- Excavated
c. 850 BCE statue of Hadad-yis'i; tell Mitanni 1500 BCE
Initial construction / first occupation at Tell Fekheriye — Assyrian Bilingual Statue Tell
1970 excavation
Modern rediscovery and scientific excavation of Tell Fekheriye — Assyrian Bilingual Statue Tell
On the ground
Structures & features
36.8420° N · 40.0740° E · 350 m · 3 mapped features
Tell Fekheriye — Assyrian Bilingual Statue Tell — Principal Palace
palacepalace at Tell Fekheriye — Assyrian Bilingual Statue Tell — outlier feature
36.8425° N · 40.0755° ETell Fekheriye — Assyrian Bilingual Statue Tell — Northern Temple
templetemple at Tell Fekheriye — Assyrian Bilingual Statue Tell — subsidiary complex
36.8433° N · 40.0737° ETell Fekheriye — Assyrian Bilingual Statue Tell — Southern Gate
gategate at Tell Fekheriye — Assyrian Bilingual Statue Tell — subsidiary complex
36.8419° N · 40.0720° E