The finds indicate that Tilmen Höyük was an important link in the cultural contacts between Northern Mesopotamia and Anatolia.

[5] One of the monumental structures unearthed is very similar to the palace in Alalah in Amik Plain (7th stratum).

In the second half of the 17th century BC, the Hittite Great King Ḫattušili I led a military campaign into the Amuq plain and against Aleppo: at that time Tilmen Höyük was destroyed in a major fire.

[13] The buildings were made of basalt, which is abundant in the area; adobe construction was used only on the upper part of the walls.

It portrays a standing god with his cap with two opposite horns, and an important local official.

[15] According to the archaeologist Nicolò Marchetti, Also an interesting classic Old Syrian Bulla (seal) was found the palace area in earlier excavations in 1962.

The 'Old Syrian period' is generally defined as the time of the rise and predominance of Yamkhad in upper Syria.