Sikani
Creators: Claudia Horst Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/572048102
36.8424461, 40.0708408
- Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Tell Fekheriye (2000 BC - 540 BC) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
- CIGS location of Tall al-Fakhīriyah (unspecified date range) accuracy: +/- 5 meters.
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- Sikāni (Akkadian, 1000 BC - 540 BC)
- تل الفخيرية (Tall al-Fakhīriyah: Arabic, modern)
- Tell Fekheriye (Arabic, modern)
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settlement, archaeological site
In earlier cuneiform sources the name appears as Sigan, Uššukani, Waššukkanni, and Wašukana. The name is skn in Aramaic sources.
Claudia Horst, Carolin Johansson, Jamie Novotny, and Rune Rattenborg, 'Sikani: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2023 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/572048102> [accessed: 22 November 2024]
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