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Harran (Carrhae)
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Harran
(Akkadian Harrānu,
"intersecting roads"; Latin Carrhae):
ancient city in Mesopotamia,
famous for a temple of the Moon god Sin
and the defeat of the Roman general Crassus in 53 BCE ("battle of
Carrhae").
A dust storm on the road to Harran,
the place where the prophet Abraham used to live. It was also famous
for
its temple of the moon god Sin.
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The
walls of Harran. They date back to Antiquity, but were rebuilt
in the Middle Ages.
A satellite photo can be seen here. |
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The
walls of Harran. |
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The
remains of the Rakka gate. |
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A relief
showing an archer, found in Harran and now in the Museum of
Sanli Urfa. It was made in the Assyrian
age. |
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The
medieval citadel of Harran, on the site of the ancient Babylonian
temple of the moon god Sin, which was called Ehulhul. |
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Fragment
of a cuneiform tablet found in Harran, now in the museum of
Sanli Urfa. |
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The
interior of the medieval castle, on the site of the temple of the
moon god Sin. The last Babylonian king Nabonidus
is known to have venerated this god so excessively, that the
Babylonians
priests decided that they had to get rid of their king. They sided with
Cyrus
the Great, who captured Babylon in 539. |
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A stela
of Nabonidus, found at Harran and now in the museum of Sanli
Urfa. After the fall of the Babylonian Empire, the Harranians were part
of the Achaemenid
Empire, the Seleucid
Empire, and the Parthian
Empire. |
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A Harran
house on the triumphal arch
of Septimius
Severus. Model at the Museo nazionale della
civiltą romana,
Rome (Italy). |
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A house
in Harran, similar to the houses on thearch
of Septimius Severus in Rome. |
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An
ancient capital reused in the medieval mosque of Harran. |
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Personification of Harran on a Roman monument from Ephesus, dedicated
to the Roman emperor Lucius
Verus (161-169), who had invaded Mesopotamia.
Today, the remains of the monument are in the Kunsthistorisches
Museum in Vienna.
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©
Jona Lendering for
Livius.Org,
2004
Revision: 4 June 2008 |
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