Arslantepe (Melid)

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: Clifflena Tiah

Contributors: Jeffrey Becker, Carolin Johansson, Tom Elliott, H. Kopp, W. Röllig, B. Siewert-Mayer, Eric Kansa, Francis Deblauwe, Rune Rattenborg

Last modified Nov 26, 2023 10:54 AM — History

Arslantepe became an important center in the Late Chalcolithic period. With the decline of the Hittite empire, the site became the center of an independent Luwian Neo-Hittite state (Kammanu). The state became a tributary of the Assyrian empire under Tiglath-Pileser I (1115-1077 BC) and it was sacked by Sargon II in 712 BC.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/25078867

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
38.382058969, 38.3612022714

Locations:

Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Arslantepe Höyüğü (4000 BC - 700 BC) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
- CIGS location of Arslantepe Höyüğü (unspecified date range) accuracy: +/- 5 meters.

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Arslantepe (Turkish, 1750 BC - AD 2000)
- Arslantepe Mound (English, AD 2000 - AD 2099)

Arslantepe (Melid) makes connections with:

Arslantepe (Melid) capital of Kammanu/Meliddu (kingdom) (1000 BC - 540 BC)

Arslantepe (Melid) receives connections from:

Melitene succeeds Arslantepe (Melid) (unspecified date range)

Place type:
settlement, archaeological site

References:

See Further:

See Also:

Wikipedia (English) Kammanu

Related:

Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

Details:

Arslantepe (Melid) was named a UNESCO World Heritage Site under the name Arslantepe Mound on 26 July 2021.

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Suggested citation:
Clifflena Tiah, Jeffrey Becker, Carolin Johansson, Tom Elliott, H. Kopp, W. Röllig, B. Siewert-Mayer, Eric Kansa, Francis Deblauwe, and Rune Rattenborg, 'Arslantepe (Melid): a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2023 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/25078867> [accessed: 17 June 2025]

Cite this resource in Wikipedia:

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