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Dur-Bel-Harran-belu-uṣur

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: Claudia Horst
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker, Carolin Johansson, Jamie Novotny, Rune Rattenborg
Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Last modified May 21, 2026 08:58 PM — History
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A city founded by the Assyrian palace herald Bēl-Harrān-bēlu-uṣur in the mid-8th century B.C. The discovery of a stele there identifies ancient Dūr-Bēl-Harrān-bēlu-uṣur with modern Tell ʿAbṭa (Tell Abtah).

https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/111343632

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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.


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Claudia Horst, Jeffrey Becker, Carolin Johansson, Jamie Novotny, and Rune Rattenborg, 'Dur-Bel-Harran-belu-uṣur: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2026 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/111343632> [accessed: 20 July 2026] 

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