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Ali Abou-Assaf , Pierre Bordreuil, Alan Ralph Millard - La statue de tell fekherye : et son inscription bilingue assyro-araméenne

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The discovery, in February, 1979, of a statue inscribed with a bilingual Akkadian and Aramaic inscription at Tell Fakhariyah in Northern Syria was viewed by many as the most exciting epigraphic find in the Near East since the recovery of the Ebla archives. Two different groups of scholars were given permission to publish this interesting monument, first R. Degen and D. Kennedy, then P. Bordreuil, A. R. Millard, and A. Abou Assaf. Although the treatment of the first group of scholars has long been rumored to be ready for publication, it was that of the second group that saw first light as the official editio princeps.

The inscribed statue of Had-Yit'i, governor of Gozan, was found during agricultural earth moving procedures near the Turkish border at Tell Fakhariyah, at the headwaters of the Habur only a few kilometers from Gozan (Tell Halaf) itself. Although the tell had previously been excavated by von Oppenheim, McEwan and Moortgat, it is apparently impossible to determine the original location of the statue on the tell. The head of the statue was found about a meter from its body, from which it had been broken off in antiquity. In a brief review in RSR 9 (1983), 67-68 J. M. Sasson observes that the statue was apparently desecrated in antiquity since its ears, nose and eyes were mutilated.