control of the Neo-Assyrian Empire (c. 700 BC) it was called, by them, Sam'al. It was founded at least as far back as the Early Bronze Age and thrived...

The Sam'al lions are a number of lion-shaped statues from Sam'al, the modern Zincirli, which are currently located in the Vorderasiatisches Museum Berlin...

Samalian was a Semitic language spoken and first attested in Samʼal. Samalian is primarily known from three inscriptions, the Hadad Statue and the Panamuwa...

Troy) Kanesh (Nesa, Kültepe) Arslantepe (Malatya) Çayönü (Amed, Diyarbakir) Sam'al (Zincirli Höyük) Çatalhöyük Beycesultan Karatepe Tushhan (Ziyaret Tepe)...

Reshef Caesarea Tell Abu Hawam Tel Mevorakh Myriandus - in modern-day Turkey Sam'al - Cilicia; in modern-day Turkey. Fortress city protecting the trade route...

double sphinx. From Sam'al. 8th century BC. Museum of the Ancient Orient, Istanbul. Hittite sphinx. Basalt. 8th century BC. From Sam'al. Museum of the Ancient...

was not a native of Damascus but rather the ruler of Sam'al it is unknown if other rules of Sam'al used similar language. In Greek mythology, Heracles...

Khashshum Kussara Matiate Nevalı Çori Nicopolis in Cilicia Nisibis Sakçagözü Sam'al Samosata Sareisa Seleucia at the Zeugma Sitai Sultantepe Tille Tushhan Urima...

Aramean cities Amrit Arpad Bit Bahiani Coba Höyük Gidara Hama Qarqar Ruhizzi Sam'al Tell Aran Tell Halaf Til Barsip Upu Zobah Sources Aramaic inscriptions v...

central Asia Minor (modern Turkey), including Palistin, Carchemish and Sam'al. A Canaanite group known as the Phoenicians came to dominate the coasts...