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Tell Afis
EB IV to Byzantine (c.2400 BCE–600 CE; peak Iron II) · Eblaite → Amorite → Hittite/Mitanni → Neo-Hittite/Aramaean
Aramaean Hatarikka with alphabetic stele and Iron Age gate sphinxes atop 28 ha tell near Idlib.
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Tell Halaf
Neolithic to Iron Age (c.6100–612 BCE; peak Halaf 6100–5400 BCE, Guzana 1000–612 BCE) · Halaf → Ubaid → Mitanni → Assyrian → Aramaean (Bit Bahiani) → Neo-Assyrian
Tell Halaf (ancient Guzana) is the type-site of Halaf culture (c.6100–5400 BCE) defining Chalcolithic painted pottery, tholoi and stamp seals, and later Aramaea...