Aramean-Syriac flag

Aramea
Adopted 1980

The Aramean flag, or Syriac-Aramaic flag, is the flag chosen by the Aramean people to represent the Aramean nation in the Aramean homeland and in the Aramean diaspora.

Symbolism

The Aramean flag is the flag chosen by the Arameans to represent the Aramean (Syriac) nation in the Aramean homeland and in the Aramean diaspora.[1] The original relief depicts Gilgamesh between two bull-men supporting a winged sun disk and was excavated by the Semitologist André Dupont-Sommer in the site of ancient Gozan.[2][3][4] It was adapted as a flag in the Aramean journal Bahro Suryoyo in 1980 for the first time.[5] In the flag design, the sun is replaced by a flame or torch, symbolizing the Holy Spirit. The red background was chosen because of all blood that was spilled in the Aramean genocide. The yellow color represents hope.[6]

Gallery

  1. ^ "Syriac-Aramaic People (Syria)". Crwflags.com. Archived from the original on 4 December 2008. Retrieved 2008-11-16. 

See also

References

  1. ↑ flag of Syriac-Aramaic People (Syria) flags, Syriac-Aramaic People (Syria)
  2. ↑ epic of Gilgamesh
  3. ↑ Relief Depicting Gilgamesh Between Two Bull-Men Supporting a Winged Sun Disk, Fr.Tell-Halaf, Syria
  4. ↑ Syrianerna – En nation i förskringring, Assad Sauma Assad, 2005
  5. ↑ Naures Atto, Hostages in the Homeland, 2011
  6. ↑ "Syrianer - en nation i förskingring, p. 24, 2004, Syrianska Riksförbundet i Sverige" (PDF). Syrianska Riksförbundet i Sverige. Retrieved 9 December 2015.
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