Harran/Carrhae
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: T. Sinclair, P.-L. Gatier
Creators: T. Sinclair, P.-L. Gatier
Contributors:
M. Ballance, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Carolin Johansson, Jamie Novotny, Tom Elliott, DARMC, R. Warner, R. Talbert, Ingrid Luo
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History
A major settlement of Upper Mesopotamia from the Bronze Age onward. The earliest mentions of the site are found in the Ebla tablets (ca. 2300 B.C.). Notably the location of the Battle of Carrhae between the Roman Republic and Parthian Empire in 53 B.C., which proved to be a devastating defeat for the Romans. Modern-day Ḥarrān, Turkey.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/658427
36.8635943094, 39.0307496505
- Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Harran Höyüğü (unspecified date range) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
- DARE Location (750 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 100 meters.
- CIGS location of Harran (unspecified date range) accuracy: +/- 5 meters.
- None
- Ehulhul located at Harran/Carrhae (2000 BC - 540 BC)
settlement, archaeological site
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- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 67 H3 Carrhae
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Altınbaşak, formerly Ḥarrān.
T. Sinclair, P.-L. Gatier, M. Ballance, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Carolin Johansson, Jamie Novotny, Tom Elliott, DARMC, R. Warner, R. Talbert, and Ingrid Luo, 'Harran/Carrhae: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2023 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/658427> [accessed: 24 April 2024]
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