Tell Aran

Tell Aran (Arabic: تل عرن; also spelled, Tell Arn; ancient Arne) is a town[2][3][4] in northern Syria, administratively part of the al-Safira District of the Aleppo Governorate, located southeast of Aleppo close to Sabkhat al-Jabbul.

[7] Arne was first inhabited by the Arameans,[8] and served as the first royal capital of the Aramaean kingdom of Bit Agusi.

[7] The kingdom of Bit Agusi stretched from the Azaz area in the north to Hamath in the south,[9] and was established by Gus of Yahan in the 9th-century BCE.

It was sacked by the Assyrian king Shalmaneser III in 849 BC during one of his campaigns in the west, as attested by a bronze band found at Balawat.

The modern site still contains the remains of massive mud-brick walls measuring 20 metres (66 ft) in width.