Sikani

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: Claudia Horst

Contributors: Jamie Novotny

Last modified Jan 31, 2018 10:42 AM — History

tags: ANE

A town mentioned in Neo-Assyrian sources that is generally identified with Tell Fekheriye (Tell Faḫārīya).

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/572048102

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
36.8425922, 40.0709816

Locations:

OSM location of Tell Fekheriye (2000 BC - 540 BC)

Names:

Sikāni (Akkadian, 1000 BC - 540 BC)
Tell Fekheriye (Arabic, modern)

Sikani makes connections with:

None

Sikani receives connections from:

None

Place type:
settlement

References:

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Initial Provenance:

Details:

In earlier cuneiform sources the name appears as Sigan, Uššukani, Waššukkanni, and Wašukana. The name is skn in Aramaic sources.

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Suggested citation:
Claudia Horst, and Jamie Novotny, 'Sikani: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2018 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/572048102> [accessed: 19 April 2018]

Cite this resource in Wikipedia:

            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/572048102 |title=Places: 572048102 (Sikani) |author=Horst, C. |accessdate=April 19, 2018 3:43 pm |publisher=Pleiades}}

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Sikani