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Tell Halaf inscription

Tell Halaf inscription

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The Tell Halaf inscription was an ancient Aramaic description discovered in Tell Halaf in 1933, and published in 1940. The inscription was on a limestone stele. It was destroyed in November 1943 during the Battle of Berlin, when a phosphorus bomb destroyed the Tell Halaf Museum.[1][2]

Photographs from the archive of the Free University of Berlin

The inscription is known as KAI 231.

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  1. [1]
    Dankwarth, G., & Müller, C. (1988). Zur altaramäischen «Altar»-Inschrift vom Tell Ḥalaf. Archiv Für Orientforschung, 35, 73-78. Retrieved October 28, 2020, from http://www.jstor.org/stable/41661654 "Bei der Durchsicht der Sammlung des Altorientalischen Seminars der Freien Universität Berlin stießen wir im Frühjahr 1986 auf zwei unveröffentlichte alte Photographien des im zweiten Weltkrieg zerstörten «Kalksteinaltärchens» vom Teil Halaf."
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    Bowman, R. (1941). The Old Aramaic Alphabet at Tell Halaf the Date of the "Altar" Inscription. The American Journal of Semitic Languages and Literatures, 58(4), 359-367. Retrieved October 28, 2020, from http://www.jstor.org/stable/528819
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