Najafabad
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: Jamie Novotny
Creators: Jamie Novotny
Contributors:
Tom Elliott
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Last modified
Nov 07, 2020 07:01 AM
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History
tags:
ANE
Najafabad (Persian: نجفآباد) is a city in Iran and the capital of Najafabad, Isfahan Province. The discovery of a stele of the Assyrian king Sargon II (r. 721-705 BC) indicates that the settlement’s ancient name, at least in the eighth century BC, might have been Kišesim.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/811827554
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settlement, settlement-modern
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Pleiades
Jamie Novotny, and Tom Elliott, 'Najafabad: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2020 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/811827554> [accessed: 28 May 2023]
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