Gingiliniš
Creators: Claudia Horst
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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, and Jamie Novotny, 'Gingiliniš: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2018 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/146790518> [accessed: 06 October 2024]
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