“…The Aramaean state included capitals and large cities in Syro-Anatolia at Zincirli, Tell Halaf, Tell Ta’yinat, Arslan Tash, and Tell Ahmar (Mazzoni, 1995: 181). In addition to living in urban centers (Kepinski, 2009; Morandi Bonacossi, 2009; Soldi, 2009), Aramaeans conducted sedentary agriculture (Liverani, 1997; Schwartz and Nichols, 2006) and coalesced into organized polities (Rouault, 2009; Szuchman, 2009). Culturally, the Aramaeans and Assyrians shared mythological traditions (D’Agostino, 2009), common artistic styles (Kühne, 2009), and the use of Aramaic (Kwasman, 2000; Tadmor, 1982).…”