Qumasi
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37.1359885184, 35.0714001733
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- Qumasi (Akkadian, 1000 BC - 540 BC)
- Qumasi located near Harrua (1000 BC - 540 BC)
- Less than certain: Qumasi located near Kilikiai Pylai (1000 BC - 540 BC)
- Qumasi part of (administrative) Phrygia (kingdom) (1000 BC - 540 BC)
- Qumasi part of (administrative) Que (kingdom) (1000 BC - 720 BC)
- Qumasi part of (administrative) Que (province) (720 BC - 540 BC)
- Less than certain: Qumasi located near Taurus (mountain range) (1000 BC - 540 BC)
- Ušnanis located near Qumasi (1000 BC - 540 BC)
unlocated, fort, tower (deprecated)
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The location of Qumasi is presently unknown. From the inscriptions of Sargon II, it is certain that it was near two other Quean fortress (Harrua and Ušnanis), two places that were also taken away from Que by the Phrygians.
With regard to Harrua, E. Forrer (1920) and P. Naster (1938) tentatively identified it with classical Seleucia ad Calycadnum/Hyria (modern Silifke), in Cilicia Tracheia. That proposed location, however, is well outside the territorial reach of Que (as already note, e.g., by A. Bagg [2007]) and, therefore, one must look for a location a bit closer to Que (Cilicia Pedias), perhaps near the Cilician Gates. Qumasi is generally thought to have been near Harrua and, thus, possibly also located near the Cilician Gates.
Jamie Novotny, 'Qumasi: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2020 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/257997170> [accessed: 25 April 2024]
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