Sikani
Creators: Claudia Horst
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Base map by Ryan M. Horne for Pleiades and the Ancient World Mapping Center (ancient terrain after the Barrington Atlas). Map interaction design and implementation by Sean Gillies, David Glick, Alec Mitchell, and Tom Elliott for Pleiades.
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/572048102
36.8425922, 40.0709816
- OSM location of Tell Fekheriye (2000 BC - 540 BC)
- Sikāni (Akkadian, 1000 BC - 540 BC)
- Tell Fekheriye (Arabic, modern)
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settlement
In earlier cuneiform sources the name appears as Sigan, Uššukani, Waššukkanni, and Wašukana. The name is skn in Aramaic sources.
Claudia Horst, and Jamie Novotny, 'Sikani: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2018 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/572048102> [accessed: 15 August 2020]
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