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حلف

English translation: Halaf (age/ period)


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Arabic term or phrase:حلف
English translation:Halaf (age/ period)
Entered by: Patrick D'Silva
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00:12 May 14, 2008
Arabic to English translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Archaeology / Ugarit excavations
Arabic term or phrase: حلف
The term is taken from an article on archaeological excavations at Ugarit. A colleague has already suggested "alliance," but I feel that I am missing something. The word is listed as some sort of parenthetical notation to the following sentence used to describe the four layer of the excavation:
(الطبقة الرابعة: تعود للنصف الأول من الألف الرابع قبل الميلاد (حلف
Patrick D'Silva
Local time: 21:09
Halaf (age/ period)
Explanation:
Tell Halaf (Arabic: تل حلف‎) is an archaeological site in the Al Hasakah governorate of northeastern Syria, near the Turkish border, just opposite Ceylanpınar. It was the first find of a Neolithic culture, subsequently dubbed the Halafian culture, characterized by glazed pottery painted with geometric and animal designs. The site dates to the 6th millennium BCE and was later the location of the Aramaean city-state of Guzana or Gozan
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Saleh Al-Qammaari
Egypt
Local time: 05:09
Grading comment
Thanks Saleh - I think I will go with "Halafian Age/Period," as this is the best I can come up with. شكراً جزيلاً
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Halaf (age/ period)


Explanation:
Tell Halaf (Arabic: تل حلف‎) is an archaeological site in the Al Hasakah governorate of northeastern Syria, near the Turkish border, just opposite Ceylanpınar. It was the first find of a Neolithic culture, subsequently dubbed the Halafian culture, characterized by glazed pottery painted with geometric and animal designs. The site dates to the 6th millennium BCE and was later the location of the Aramaean city-state of Guzana or Gozan


    Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tell_Halaf
Saleh Al-Qammaari
Egypt
Local time: 05:09
Native speaker of: Native in ArabicArabic
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
Thanks Saleh - I think I will go with "Halafian Age/Period," as this is the best I can come up with. شكراً جزيلاً
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