Dur-Bel-Harran-belu-uṣur
Creators: Claudia Horst
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/111343632
36.2145244, 42.1622211
- Associated Modern Locations:
- OSM location of Tell Abtah (1000 BC - 720 BC)
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- Dūr-Bēl-Harrān-bēlu-uṣur (Akkadian, 1000 BC - 720 BC)
- Tell Abtah (Arabic, modern)
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An inscribed stele of the Assyrian official Bēl-Harrān-bēlu-uṣur was discovered at Tell ʿAbṭa (Tell Abtah). The Akkadian inscription written on it records that the palace herald of the king of Assyria (Shalmaneser IV and later Tiglath-pileser III) founded a new city named after himself: Dūr-Bēl-Harrān-bēlu-uṣur, which means "Fort Bēl-Harrān-bēlu-uṣur." The creation of the city took place during Shalmaneser IV's reign.
Claudia Horst, Jeffrey Becker, and Jamie Novotny, 'Dur-Bel-Harran-belu-uṣur: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2018 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/111343632> [accessed: 29 September 2023]
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