The ancient tell
The large mound beside the town is the most distinctive feature on the map, its rounded form standing out clearly against the straighter lines of the surrounding streets.
Tabula geographica minimalis · Syria
36.4723° N / 37.0947° E
A town on the plain north of Aleppo, built beside an ancient mound that once held a capital city





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Tabula
Tall Rif‘at lies on the open plain north of Aleppo in northern Syria. Its name refers to the tell, a large artificial mound formed by thousands of years of settlement, which rises beside the modern town. On the map the mound is a clear, rounded shape among the surrounding streets and fields, a trace of history that the town grew up alongside.
The site is widely identified with ancient Arpad, capital of the Aramean kingdom of Bit Agusi in the early first millennium BCE, mentioned in Assyrian records and in the Hebrew Bible. Today the town is a farming centre, its streets set out in a loose grid with a main road running through and fields of the Aleppo plain stretching away on every side.
A Tall Rif‘at map poster brings the ancient mound and the modern street plan together in one composition. It is intended for people with family ties to the town and its surrounding villages, many of whom now live elsewhere, as a calm and lasting picture of a place whose outline on the land carries memory across generations.
The large mound beside the town is the most distinctive feature on the map, its rounded form standing out clearly against the straighter lines of the surrounding streets.
The modern town is laid out in a loose grid of streets and blocks, with a main road running through it and connecting it to neighbouring towns.
Flat farmland surrounds the settlement, divided into fields and crossed by rural roads, filling the edges of the poster with a fine, open pattern.
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Cur Tall Rif‘at
This map is meant for those who hold Tall Rif‘at in memory: people who grew up there, families now living in other cities or countries, and anyone who wants to keep a home town visible on their wall every day.
The title, subtitle and coordinates can be changed to a family name, a date or a few personal words. Choose from Classic black & white, Noir, Paper, Blueprint or Sand, and order a printed poster or download the $9 HD files.
Eme tabulam Tall Rif‘at| Magnitudo impressionis | Resolutio | Fasciculi |
|---|---|---|
| 30 × 40 cm11.8 × 15.7″ | 3,543 × 4,724 px | PNG · PDF |
| 29.7 × 42 cm (A3)11.7 × 16.5″ | 3,508 × 4,961 px | PNG · PDF |
| 42 × 59.4 cm (A2)16.5 × 23.4″ | 4,961 × 7,016 px | PNG · PDF |
| 45.7 × 61 cm18 × 24″ | 5,400 × 7,200 px | PNG · PDF |
| 50 × 70 cm19.7 × 27.6″ | 5,906 × 8,268 px | PNG · PDF |
| 61 × 91.4 cm24 × 36″ | 7,200 × 10,800 px | PNG · PDF |
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