Aleppo Museum

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The Aleppo Museum contains a very fine display of the wonderful basalt orthostats, relief sculptures and statues from the Iron Age Aramaean city-states of Syria.

Of particular interest are some of the relief sculptures from the temple at ‘Ain Dara and some splendid examples of free-standing sculpture from Tell Halaf.

From a closer examination of the material, it is also possible to appreciate some of the internal complexities of Syrian archaeology and the shifting zones of cultural influences through the ages 

The Entrance to the Aleppo Museum
(M. Bower, 2001)

The sculptures which form the portico are replicas of the famous basalt statues from the tenth-century B.C. palace of the Aramaean king Kapara at Tell Halaf, ancient Guzana, excavated by Max, Baron von Oppenheim.

Last modified 16/05/2002