Jebel Khayabir/Alexandria?/Antiochia?/Spasinou Charax?/Karkh Maisan?/[Astarabad Ardashir]?
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: A. Hausleiter, M. Roaf, St J. Simpson, R. Wenke
Creators: A. Hausleiter, M. Roaf, St J. Simpson, R. Wenke
Contributors:
DARMC, R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, P. Flensted Jensen, Jeffrey Becker, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott
Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Last modified
Jan 14, 2021 03:41 PM
—
History
Close to Ǧabal Ḫayabir in Iraq, this site was an important mercantile center of southern Mesopotamia and capital of Characene. The ancient site is located close to Ǧabal Ḫayabir.
Show place in Google Earth.
Show area in GeoNames, Google Maps, or OpenStreetMap.
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/912872
30.8093425, 47.562804
- Representative Locations:
- DARMC location 31503 (330 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.
- DARMC location 14844 (330 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 10000 meters.
-
- Less than certain: Alexandria (330 BC - AD 300)
- Less than certain: Antiochia (330 BC - AD 300)
- Less than certain: Astarabad Ardashir (30 BC - AD 640)
- Χάραξ Σπασίνου (Charax Spasinu: Ancient Greek, 30 BC - AD 300)
- Less than certain: Karkh Maisan (30 BC - AD 640)
- Less than certain: Spasinou Charax (30 BC - AD 640)
- Jebel Khayabir/Alexandria?/Antiochia?/Spasinou Charax?/Karkh Maisan?/[Astarabad Ardashir]? connection Mesene/Characene/Shad Bahman/Maisan (unspecified date range)
-
None
urban area, settlement
- Evidence:
- See Further:
-
- BAtlas 93 D3 Jebel Khayabir/Alexandria?/Antiochia?/Spasinou Charax?/Karkh Maisan?/[Astarabad Ardashir]?
- EncIs Maysan
- Hansman 1967
- Livius.org Charax
- New Pauly Charax Spasin(o)u
- PECS (Perseus) ANTIOCH later CHARAX Iraq-Iran
- RE Alexandreia 13
- RE Antiocheia 10
- RE Charax 10
- Smith 1854 (Perseus) CHARAX SPASINU
- ToposText Charax (Persia)
- UR Region Archaeology Project: Charax Spasinou
- Wikipedia (English) Charax Spasinu
- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 93 D3 Jebel Khayabir/Alexandria?/Antiochia?/Spasinou Charax?/Karkh Maisan?/[Astarabad Ardashir]?
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Jebel Khayabir, IRQ
A. Hausleiter, M. Roaf, St J. Simpson, R. Wenke, DARMC, R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, P. Flensted Jensen, Jeffrey Becker, Sean Gillies, and Tom Elliott, 'Jebel Khayabir/Alexandria?/Antiochia?/Spasinou Charax?/Karkh Maisan?/[Astarabad Ardashir]?: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2021 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/912872> [accessed: 16 April 2024]
{{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/912872 |title=Places: 912872 (Jebel Khayabir/Alexandria?/Antiochia?/Spasinou Charax?/Karkh Maisan?/[Astarabad Ardashir]?) |author=Hausleiter, A., M. Roaf, St J. Simpson, R. Wenke |accessdate=April 16, 2024 1:28 pm |publisher=Pleiades}}