Gingiliniš
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: Claudia Horst Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Creators: Claudia Horst Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
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May 07, 2025 02:21 PM
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History
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A town mentioned in an Akkadian inscription of the Neo-Assyrian king Sennacherib. This place is generally identified with the modern Tepe Chenchi.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/146790518
36.4819549, 43.229199
- Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Tepe Chenchi (1000 BC - 540 BC) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- Gingiliniš (Akkadian, 1000 BC - 540 BC)
- Tepe Chenchi (Turkish, modern)
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According to the "Bavian Inscription" of the Neo-Assyrian king Sennacherib, Gingiliniš was one of eighteen cities from which canals were dug to direct water to the main canal and aqueduct system that was being built to bring vast amounts of water to the Assyrian capital Nineveh.
Claudia Horst, Jeffrey Becker, Jamie Novotny, and Tom Elliott, 'Gingiliniš: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/146790518> [accessed: 08 December 2025]
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