Reliefs from Kapara's Palace at Tell Halaf

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Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin
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Some of these wall reliefs were inscribed; the inscriptions read "Palace of Kapara, son of Hadianu". The base of the south wall of Kapara's palace was lined with a series of 187 reliefs carved in black basalt alternating with red ochre-tinted limestone. 10th century BCE. From Tell Halaf, modern-day Al-Hasakah Governorate, Syria. (The British Museum, London)

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Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin
Associate Professor of Neurology and lover of the Cradle of Civilization, Mesopotamia. I'm very interested in Mesopotamian history and always try to take photos of archaeological sites and artifacts in museums, both in Iraq and around the world.

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Amin, O. S. M. (2017, September 12). Reliefs from Kapara's Palace at Tell Halaf. World History Encyclopedia. Retrieved from https://www.worldhistory.org/image/7222/reliefs-from-kaparas-palace-at-tell-halaf/

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Amin, Osama Shukir Muhammed. "Reliefs from Kapara's Palace at Tell Halaf." World History Encyclopedia. Last modified September 12, 2017. https://www.worldhistory.org/image/7222/reliefs-from-kaparas-palace-at-tell-halaf/.

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Amin, Osama Shukir Muhammed. "Reliefs from Kapara's Palace at Tell Halaf." World History Encyclopedia. World History Encyclopedia, 12 Sep 2017. Web. 27 Jul 2024.

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