Shortugai

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: Jeffrey Becker

Contributors: Gabriel Mckee

Last modified Jan 04, 2024 06:22 PM — History

tags: lapis lazuli

An ancient trading colony on the Oxus river in the vicinity of the lapis lazuli mines of northern Afghanistan dating to ca. 2000 BC.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/717754049

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
37.323652, 69.5256008

Locations:

Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Shortugai (2000 BC - 1000 BC) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.

Names:

None

Shortugai makes connections with:

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Shortugai receives connections from:

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Place type:
settlement

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Related:

Wikidata Shortugai (Q1550221)

Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

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Suggested citation:
Jeffrey Becker, and Gabriel Mckee, 'Shortugai: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2024 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/717754049> [accessed: 16 February 2025]

Cite this resource in Wikipedia:

            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/717754049 |title=Places: 717754049 (Shortugai) |author=Becker, J. |accessdate=February 16, 2025 6:40 am |publisher=Pleiades}}