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Sakka, Rif Dimashq Governorate, the Glossary

Sakka or Saqqa (سكا) is a village to the southeast of Damascus, on the edge of the Ghouta, north west of Damascus International Airport in Syria.^[1]

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26 relations: Al-Ghizlaniyah, Bronze Age, Cattle, Courtyard, Cuneiform, Damascus, Damascus International Airport, Directorate-General of Antiquities and Museums, Districts of Syria, Douma District, Eastern European Summer Time, Eastern European Time, Fresco, Ghuta, Governorates of Syria, Mari, Syria, Nahiyah, Pottery, Qatna, Rif Dimashq Governorate, Scapula, Sphinx, Syria, Tell (archaeology), Tempera, Zimri-Lim.
Archaeological sites in Rif Dimashq Governorate
Bronze Age sites in Syria
Populated places in Douma District
Tourist attractions in Syria

Al-Ghizlaniyah

Al-Ghuzlaniyah (الغزلانية) is a town in southern Syria, administratively part of the Douma District of the Rif Dimashq Governorate, located east of Damascus. Sakka, Rif Dimashq Governorate and al-Ghizlaniyah are Populated places in Douma District.

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Bronze Age

The Bronze Age was a historical period lasting from approximately 3300 to 1200 BC.

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Cattle

Cattle (Bos taurus) are large, domesticated, bovid ungulates widely kept as livestock. They are prominent modern members of the subfamily Bovinae and the most widespread species of the genus Bos. Mature female cattle are called cows and mature male cattle are bulls. Young female cattle are called heifers, young male cattle are oxen or bullocks, and castrated male cattle are known as steers.

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Courtyard

A courtyard or court is a circumscribed area, often surrounded by a building or complex, that is open to the sky.

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Cuneiform

Cuneiform is a logo-syllabic writing system that was used to write several languages of the Ancient Near East.

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Damascus

Damascus (Dimašq) is the capital and largest city of Syria, the oldest current capital in the world and, according to some, the fourth holiest city in Islam. Sakka, Rif Dimashq Governorate and Damascus are Archaeological sites in Rif Dimashq Governorate.

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Damascus International Airport

Damascus International Airport (Maṭār Dimašq ad-Duwaliyy) is the international airport of Damascus, the capital of Syria.

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Directorate-General of Antiquities and Museums

The Directorate-General for Antiquities and Museums (DGAM); المديرية العامة للآثار والمتاحف, La Direction Générale des Antiquités et des Musées) is a Syrian government-owned agency that is responsible for the protection, promotion and excavation activities in all sites of national heritage in the country.

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Districts of Syria

The 14 governorates of Syria, or muhafazat (sing. muhafazah), are divided into 65 districts, or manatiq (sing. mintaqah), including the city of Damascus.

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Douma District

Douma District (manṭiqat Dūmā) is a district of the Rif Dimashq Governorate in southern Syria.

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Eastern European Summer Time

Eastern European Summer Time (EEST) is one of the names of the UTC+03:00 time zone, which is 3 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time.

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Eastern European Time

Eastern European Time (EET) is one of the names of UTC+02:00 time zone, 2 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time.

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Fresco

Fresco (or frescoes) is a technique of mural painting executed upon freshly laid ("wet") lime plaster.

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Ghuta

Ghouta (غُوطَةُ دِمَشْقَ / ALA-LC: Ḡūṭat Dimašq) is a countryside area in southwestern Syria that surrounds the city of Damascus along its eastern and southern rim.

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Governorates of Syria

Syria is a unitary state, but for administrative purposes, it is divided into fourteen governorates, also called provinces or counties in English (Arabic muḥāfaẓāt, singular muḥāfaẓah).

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Mari, Syria

Mari (Cuneiform:, ma-riki, modern Tell Hariri; تل حريري) was an ancient Semitic city-state in modern-day Syria. Sakka, Rif Dimashq Governorate and Mari, Syria are Bronze Age sites in Syria.

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Nahiyah

A nāḥiyah (نَاحِيَة, plural nawāḥī نَوَاحِي), also nahiya or nahia, is a regional or local type of administrative division that usually consists of a number of villages or sometimes smaller towns.

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Pottery

Pottery is the process and the products of forming vessels and other objects with clay and other raw materials, which are fired at high temperatures to give them a hard and durable form.

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Qatna

Qatna (modern: تل المشرفة, Tell al-Mishrifeh; also Tell Misrife or Tell Mishrifeh) was an ancient city located in Homs Governorate, Syria. Sakka, Rif Dimashq Governorate and Qatna are Bronze Age sites in Syria.

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Rif Dimashq Governorate

Rif Dimashq Governorate (محافظة ريف دمشق,, lit. "Damascus Countryside Governorate") is one of the fourteen governorates (provinces) of Syria.

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Scapula

The scapula (scapulae or scapulas), also known as the shoulder blade, is the bone that connects the humerus (upper arm bone) with the clavicle (collar bone).

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Sphinx

A sphinx (σφίγξ,; phíx,; or sphinges) is a mythical creature with the head of a human, the body of a lion, and the wings of an eagle.

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Syria

Syria, officially the Syrian Arab Republic, is a country in West Asia located in the Eastern Mediterranean and the Levant.

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Tell (archaeology)

In archaeology a tell (borrowed into English from تَلّ,, "mound" or "small hill") is an artificial topographical feature, a mound consisting of the accumulated and stratified debris of a succession of consecutive settlements at the same site, the refuse of generations of people who built and inhabited them and natural sediment.

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Tempera

Tempera, also known as egg tempera, is a permanent, fast-drying painting medium consisting of pigments mixed with a water-soluble binder medium, usually glutinous material such as egg yolk.

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Zimri-Lim

Zimri-Lim (Akkadian: 𒍣𒅎𒊑𒇷𒅎 Zi-im-ri Li-im) was king of Mari c. 1767–1752 BCE.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sakka,_Rif_Dimashq_Governorate

Also known as Sakka, Damascus, Tell Sakka.