Mila Mergi
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/649834357
37.00591665, 42.91355
- Representative Locations:
- Representative Location of Mila Mergi after the Helsinki Atlas (modern) accuracy: +/- 4270 meters.
- Less than certain: CIGS location of Mila Mergi (unspecified date range) accuracy: +/- 5 meters.
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- Ilimeru (Akkadian, 1000 BC - 720 BC)
- Millet Mergi (Arabic, modern)
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mountain, monument
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The identification of Mila Mergi as ancient Ilimeru is provided by an Akkadian inscription of the Neo-Assyrian king Tiglath-pileser III; the fifty-four-line inscription and accompanying relief are engraved on the side of the mountain.
Jamie Novotny, Jeffrey Becker, Carolin Johansson, and Rune Rattenborg, 'Mila Mergi: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2023 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/649834357> [accessed: 11 October 2024]
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