Aramean-Syriac flag


The Aramean flag, or Syriac-Aramean flag, is the ethnic flag designated for the Arameans, adopted in 1980 by the Aramean journal Bahro Suryoyo of the Syriac federation in Sweden. Intended to represent their nation and homeland as well as the Aramean diaspora, the flag was design based on the Winged Sun symbol, replacing the sun by a torch symbolising the Holy Spirit in Christianity.

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 at Tell Halaf in the former Aramean city-state of Bit Bahiani, today located in the Al Hasakah governorate of northeastern Syria.
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.
It is intended to represent "the Aramean nation in the Aramean homeland and in the Aramean diaspora".

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