Aramean-Syriac flag

The Aramean flag, or Syriac-Aramean flag (Classical Syriac: ܐܬܐ ܣܘܪܝܝܬܐ ʾāṯā Sūryāytā), is the ethnic flag designated for the Arameans, adopted in 1980 by the Aramean journal Bahro Suryoyo (Aramean light) of the Syriac federation in Sweden (Swedish: Syrianska Riksförbundet).[1] Intended to represent their nation and homeland as well as the Aramean diaspora,[2] the flag was design based on the Winged Sun symbol, replacing the sun by a torch symbolising the Holy Spirit in Christianity.

Syriac-Aramean flag
UseEthnic flag
Adopted1980
DesignWinged sun on red background
Designed byBahro Suryoyo [Aramean Light]

Symbolism

The design is specifically based on a relief depicting Gilgamesh between two bull-men supporting a winged sun disk, excavated by the French semitologist André Dupont-Sommer (1900-1983) at Tell Halaf in the former Aramean city-state of Bit Bahiani, today located in the Al Hasakah governorate of northeastern Syria.[3]

The red background was chosen to represent the blood that was spilled in the Aramean genocide. The yellow represents the hope of an independent Aramean state. The sun disk is replaced by a flame to symbolize the holy spirit and the christian heritage of the Arameans. The four stars represent the rivers in the Aramean homeland: Tigris, Euphrates, Gihon and Pishon. The eagle represents strength and power.[4] It is intended to represent "the Aramean (Syriac) nation in the Aramean homeland and in the Aramean diaspora".[5]

See also

References
  1. Atto, Naures (2011). Hostages in the Homeland, Orphans in the Diaspora: Identity Discourses among the Assyrian/Syriac Elites in the European Diaspora. Leiden University Press.
  2. "Syriac-Aramaic People (Syria)". Crwflags.com. 18 June 2001. Archived from the original on 4 December 2008. Retrieved 16 November 2008.
  3. Relief Depicting Gilgamesh Between Two Bull-Men Supporting a Winged Sun Disk, Fr.Tell-Halaf, Syria Archived June 7, 2015, at the Wayback Machine Syrianerna – En nation i förskringring, Assad Sauma Assad, 2005
  4. "Syrianer - en nation i förskingring, p. 24, 2004, Syrianska Riksförbundet i Sverige" (PDF). Syrianska Riksförbundet i Sverige. Retrieved 9 December 2015.
  5. flag of Syriac-Aramaic People (Syria) flags, Syriac-Aramaic People (Syria)
  6. "Syriac-Aramaic People (Syria)". Crwflags.com. Archived from the original on 4 December 2008. Retrieved 2008-11-16.
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