Shadikanni

Syria / al-Hhasakah /
 archaeological site, tell (mound)
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Ancient Settlement in Syria.
Ruins of the Assyrian provincial capital Shadikanni on the Khabur River.

"Gaston Maspero, the 19th century French archaeologist, wrote that in the ninth century BCE the palaces of Shadikanni “were decorated with winged bulls, lions, stelae, and bas reliefs carved in marble brought from the hills of Singar.”

Tell Araban (Arabic: تل عرابان Tal 'Arābān)
Also known as Tell Ajajah (Arabic: تل عجاجة Tal 'Ajājat)
Alternative spelling: (Tall/Tal/Tel/Tell) Araban, (Tall/etc.) Ajajah

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Coordinates:   36°12'29"N   40°43'14"E
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