Patibīri
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: Claudia Horst Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Creators: Claudia Horst Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
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Feb 09, 2023 12:06 PM
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A town mentioned in Neo-Assyrian sources; an alternate name is Bad-tibira; the modern site is Tel Madain.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/771224406
31.38325645, 46.0041249
- Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Bad-Tibira (2000 BC - 1600 BC) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
- CIGS location of Tall al-Madinah (unspecified date range) accuracy: +/- 5 meters.
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- Bad-Tibira (Akkadian, 2000 BC - 1600 BC)
- تل المدينة (Tall al-Madinah: Arabic, modern)
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settlement, archaeological site
Pleiades
The ancient Sumerian city of Patibīri or Bad-Tibira is, according to the Sumerian king list, one of the five cities that ruled prior to the Deluge. The city's founder was the king-god Enmenluanna.
Claudia Horst, Jeffrey Becker, Carolin Johansson, and Rune Rattenborg, 'Patibīri: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2023 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/771224406> [accessed: 25 April 2024]
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