Ekalte
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: Rune Rattenborg
Creators: Rune Rattenborg
Contributors:
Jeffrey Becker, Carolin Johansson
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Last modified
Mar 31, 2023 04:01 PM
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History
Ekalte, modern Tall Munbāqa, is a medium-sized Bronze Age settlement on the left bank of the Euphrates in northern Syria, ca. 85 kilometres east of Aleppo. Inhabited as early as 2,000 BCE, Ekalte grew to become a significant urban centre in the Late Bronze Age (ca. 1600-1200 BCE). Excavations by the German Oriental Institute since 1969 have unearthed extensive tracts of the urban landscape. Today, the site is partially submerged beneath the waters of the Lake Assad.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/703315102
36.2188678343, 38.1299318798
- Central Point:
- CIGS location of Tall Munbāqa (3000 BC - AD 1204) accuracy: +/- 5 meters.
- Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Tall Munbāqa (3000 BC - AD 1204) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- 𒂊𒆗𒋼 (E-kal-te: Akkadian, 2000 BC - 1000 BC)
- Tall Munbāqa (English, modern)
- تل منباقه (Tall Munbāqah: Arabic, modern)
- Ekalte located on Euphrates (river) (3000 BC - 1000 BC)
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Rune Rattenborg, Jeffrey Becker, and Carolin Johansson, 'Ekalte: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2023 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/703315102> [accessed: 19 April 2024]
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