Šibaniba
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: Claudia Horst
Creators: Claudia Horst
Contributors:
Ryan Horne, Jeffrey Becker, Carolin Johansson, Jamie Novotny, Tom Elliott, Rune Rattenborg
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Last modified
Jan 03, 2024 02:11 PM
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History
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ANE
A settlement mentioned in Neo-Assyrian sources, Šibaniba is identified with the modern site of Tell Billa in Iraq. Although excavated in the early 20th century, very little was published about the archaeology of the site (but see now Creamer 2021).
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/237391811
36.4332805, 43.3478725
- Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Tell Billa (1000 BC - 30 BC) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
- CIGS location of Tall Billah (unspecified date range) accuracy: +/- 5 meters.
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- ال بلة (Tall Billah: Arabic, unspecified date range)
- Tell Billa (Akkadian, modern)
- None
- Šibaniba Archive 2 located at Šibaniba (720 BC - 540 BC)
findspot, place of finding, settlement, archaeological site
Pleiades
Claudia Horst, Ryan Horne, Jeffrey Becker, Carolin Johansson, Jamie Novotny, Tom Elliott, and Rune Rattenborg, 'Šibaniba: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2024 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/237391811> [accessed: 14 May 2025]
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