Rabana-Merquly
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: Tom Elliott
Creators: Tom Elliott
Contributors:
Thomas Mertens, Chris de Lisle
Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Last modified
Aug 26, 2024 10:16 AM
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History
A major, but relatively short-lived, fortified site in the Zagros mountains of modern Iraqi Kurdistan comprising two settlement loci within a large fortified area. Remains include stone foundations for mudbrick fortification walls and buildings, a stone-cut stairway, and two rock-reliefs depicting an unnamed ruler in elaborate costume. The complex has some evidence for reoccupation in Sasanian, Islamic and modern times.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/300035018
35.750598, 45.2277435
- Central Point:
- Imagery Location of Rabana (100 BC - 1 BC) accuracy: +/- 5 meters.
- Imagery location of Merquly (100 BC - 1 BC) accuracy: +/- 5 meters.
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- Uncertain: Νατούνια πρὸς τῷ Καπρῷ (Natounia pros to Kapro: Ancient Greek, unspecified date range)
- Rabana-Merquly located on Zabas Mikros/Kapros?/Zerbis? (river) (unspecified date range)
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settlement (fortified)
- See Further:
Pleiades
Tom Elliott, Thomas Mertens, and Chris de Lisle, 'Rabana-Merquly: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2024 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/300035018> [accessed: 17 April 2025]
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