Tanakun
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: Jamie Novotny Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Creators: Jamie Novotny Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
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Oct 02, 2022 09:03 PM
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History
Tanakun is a fortified city in or bordering the northeastern part of Que. It is mentioned in royal inscriptions of the Assyrian king Shalmaneser III (r. 858-824 BC).
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/321601069
37.292238, 36.287086
- Representative Locations:
- Less than certain: Proposed location of Tanakun (1000 BC - 720 BC) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- Tanakun (Akkadian, 1000 BC - 720 BC)
- Less than certain: Tanakun located near Gurgum (kingdom) (1000 BC - 720 BC)
- Less than certain: Tanakun located near Lamena (mountain) (1000 BC - 720 BC)
- Less than certain: Tanakun part of (administrative) Que (kingdom) (1000 BC - 720 BC)
- Less than certain: Tanakun located near Sam'alla (kingdom) (1000 BC - 720 BC)
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None
unlocated, settlement
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The location of Tanakun is uncertain. M.V. Seton-Williams (Anatolian Studies 4 [1954]) suggests Sirkeli Höyük as a possible location. However, most scholars today (e.g., Bagg, RGTC 7/1, 249 and Karte [unnumbered]) suggest that Tanakun should be (tentatively) identified with Domuztepe Höyük, which is located ca. 20 km southeast of Kardirli, on the Ceyhan River.
Jamie Novotny, 'Tanakun: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2022 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/321601069> [accessed: 13 May 2024]
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