Abarnani
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: Jamie Novotny Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Creators: Jamie Novotny Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Last modified
Sep 01, 2020 10:32 PM
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History
Abarnani is a fortified city in Que, probably in the eastern part of the Cilician plain. The city is mentioned with Lusanda and Kisuatni in royal inscriptions of the Assyrian king Shalmaneser III (r. 858-824 BC).
500 km
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/726944832
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- Abarnani (Akkadian, 1000 BC - 720 BC)
- Abarnani part of (administrative) Que (kingdom) (1000 BC - 720 BC)
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unlocated, settlement
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The location of Abarnani is unknown. Sultan Tepe, ca. 24 km east of Ceyhan has been suggested as a possible location. Most scholars are generally sceptical about that proposal.
Jamie Novotny, 'Abarnani: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2020 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/726944832> [accessed: 01 April 2025]
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