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Box 13, Folder 3, Document 118
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Cast of the Semitic Storm God, Hadad
This cast was ordered from the former Royal Museum of Berlin,
February 20, 1895, where the original is housed, by the U. S. National
Museum for exhibition at the Atlenta Exposition, 1895.
This statue of Hadad, the Semitic storm god, was found at a site
known as Jerjin, which is located near Zinjirli, in northern Sexie:
(For a description of the find spot, see KONIGLICHE MUSEEN 2 BERLIN
MITTHEILUNGEN AUS DEN ORIENTALISCHEN SAMMLUNGEN, Heft XI: AUSGRABUNGEN
IN SENDSCHIRLI I: FINLEITUNG UND INSCHRIFTEN. (Berlin, 1893), pp. 46rr.)
The statue was found exposed on the surface of the mound in 3 large
parts: 1. the shoulder and lower face, 2. the upper head and cap,
and 3. the cylindrical-shaped, inscribed body. The statue is of fine
grain dolerite. Its present height is 11’ with base, but its original
height mist have been about 13'. The forearms were not found, but the
hands probably held objects which were divine attributes of Hadad. The
statue dates from the 9th-8th century B C.
This is one of the largest pieces of North Syrian sculpture and
reflects the influence of two cultural areas, Asia Minur and Mesopotamia.
It is eo blending of the Hittite art form with the art form of Mesopotamie.
This cast was ordered from the former Royal Museum of Berlin,
February 20, 1895, where the original is housed, by the U. S. National
Museum for exhibition at the Atlenta Exposition, 1895.
This statue of Hadad, the Semitic storm god, was found at a site
known as Jerjin, which is located near Zinjirli, in northern Sexie:
(For a description of the find spot, see KONIGLICHE MUSEEN 2 BERLIN
MITTHEILUNGEN AUS DEN ORIENTALISCHEN SAMMLUNGEN, Heft XI: AUSGRABUNGEN
IN SENDSCHIRLI I: FINLEITUNG UND INSCHRIFTEN. (Berlin, 1893), pp. 46rr.)
The statue was found exposed on the surface of the mound in 3 large
parts: 1. the shoulder and lower face, 2. the upper head and cap,
and 3. the cylindrical-shaped, inscribed body. The statue is of fine
grain dolerite. Its present height is 11’ with base, but its original
height mist have been about 13'. The forearms were not found, but the
hands probably held objects which were divine attributes of Hadad. The
statue dates from the 9th-8th century B C.
This is one of the largest pieces of North Syrian sculpture and
reflects the influence of two cultural areas, Asia Minur and Mesopotamia.
It is eo blending of the Hittite art form with the art form of Mesopotamie.
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