Mahalliba

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: Claudia Horst

Contributors: Jamie Novotny, Ryan Horne

Last modified Jul 30, 2020 11:23 AM — History

tags: ANE

A town mentioned in Neo-Assyrian sources; the modern site is Maḥālib.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/69255711

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
33.3178035, 35.2433683

Locations:

Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Khirbet al-Mahalib (modern) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Khirbet al-Mahalib (Arabic, modern)
- Mahallab (Akkadian, 1000 BC - 720 BC)
- Mahalliba (Akkadian, 1000 BC - 540 BC)

Mahalliba makes connections with:

Mahalliba part of (administrative) Sidon/Col. Aurelia Pia (720 BC - 540 BC)

Mahalliba receives connections from:

None

Place type:
settlement

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Suggested citation:
Claudia Horst, Jamie Novotny, and Ryan Horne, 'Mahalliba: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2020 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/69255711> [accessed: 19 June 2025]

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            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/69255711 |title=Places: 69255711 (Mahalliba) |author=Horst, C. |accessdate=June 19, 2025 12:22 am |publisher=Pleiades}}