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Kapara

c. 10th–9th century BCE · 9th century BCE

Kapara was a king of Guzana, the Aramaean kingdom of Bit-Bahiani at Tell Halaf in north-eastern Syria, probably in the 10th or 9th century BCE. He built a palace whose entrance had colossal statues of deities standing on animals, and whose walls were lined with dozens of carved stone reliefs, excavated by Max von Oppenheim.

Kapara
Image: Max von Oppenheim · Public domain · Wikimedia Commons

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Bit Bahiani

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The Epoch Institute. (2026). Kapara. In The Epoch Institute Encyclopedia. https://the-epoch-institute.org/encyclopedia/kapara
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