{"id":10479,"date":"2013-03-28T08:04:00","date_gmt":"2013-03-28T08:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/test946983.live-website.com\/?p=10479"},"modified":"2019-12-11T18:44:58","modified_gmt":"2019-12-11T18:44:58","slug":"the-challenge-identify-items-on-syrian-banknotes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/banknotenews.com\/?p=10479","title":{"rendered":"Identify items on Syrian banknotes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/banknotenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/syria_cbs_100_syrian_pounds_1974.00.00_b17d_p98d_r.jpg\" alt=\"syria_cbs_100_syrian_pounds_1974.00.00_b17d_p98d_r.jpg\" width=\"470\" height=\"327\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/banknotenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/syria_cbs_5_syrian_pounds_1991.00.00_b19e_p100e_f.jpg\" alt=\"syria_cbs_5_syrian_pounds_1991.00.00_b19e_p100e_f.jpg\" width=\"209\" height=\"606\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/banknotenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/allat-minerva.jpg\" alt=\"allat-minerva.jpg\" width=\"245\" height=\"600\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/banknotenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/syria_cbs_50_syrian_pounds_1978.00.00_b22b_p103b_f.jpg\" alt=\"syria_cbs_50_syrian_pounds_1978.00.00_b22b_p103b_f.jpg\" width=\"157\" height=\"407\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/banknotenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/mari_statue2.jpg\" alt=\"mari_statue2.jpg\" width=\"176\" height=\"405\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/banknotenews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/12\/syria_cbs_500_syrian_pounds_1958.00.00_b11a_p92a_r.jpg\" alt=\"syria_cbs_500_syrian_pounds_1958.00.00_b11a_p92a_r.jpg\" width=\"470\" height=\"532\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"has-larger-font-size\">\n<div class=\"blog-entry-body\">I am cataloging the Central Bank of Syria&#8217;s notes for publication in The Banknote Book, and I have been unable to identify a few items which appear on these notes.<\/p>\n<p>The back of the 100-pound note dated 1966-1974 depicts a dam. What&#8217;s the name and location of this dam?<\/p>\n<p>The front of the 5-pound note dated 1977-1991 depicts a female statue.<\/p>\n<p>IDENTIFIED: <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Al-l\u0101t\" target=\"self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">All\u0101t-Minerva. Statue of the 2nd century AD from As-Suwayda, Syria (Roman province). National Museum of Damascus<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The front of the 50-pound note dated 1977-1991 depicts a female statue.<\/p>\n<p>IDENTIFIED: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.atlastours.net\/syria\/mari.html\" target=\"self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Statue of goddess found in Sumerian ruins in Mari, Syria<\/a>, now in National Museum of Aleppo.<\/p>\n<p>The back of the 500-pound note dated 1958-1992 depicts something described as an ancient religious wheel.<\/p>\n<p>IDENTIFIED: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lessing-photo.com\/dispimg.asp?i=08020827+&amp;cr=27&amp;cl=1\" target=\"self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Gold bowl decorated with hunting\/animal scenes from the Temple of Baal at Ugarit<\/a>, now in National Museum in Aleppo.<\/p>\n<p>If anyone has information or leads which may be helpful, please <a title=\"Contact\" href=\"..\/contact\/contact.php\" target=\"self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">contact me with details<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Courtesy of Yaqoob Alshaer and Murray Hanewich.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I am cataloging the Central Bank of Syria&#8217;s notes for publication in The Banknote Book, and I have been unable to identify a few items which appear on these notes. The back of the 100-pound note dated 1966-1974 depicts a dam. What&#8217;s the name and location of this dam? 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