Arbela/Arba-ilu
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: M. Roaf, T. Sinclair, S.E. Kroll, St J. Simpson
Creators: M. Roaf, T. Sinclair, S.E. Kroll, St J. Simpson
Contributors:
Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Chris de Lisle, Jeffrey Becker, W. Röllig, Tom Elliott, H. Kopp, DARMC, David Mimno, R. Talbert, R. Scott Smith, B. Siewert-Mayer, Greta Hawes, Francis Deblauwe, Eric Kansa
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History
An ancient Mesopotamian city located between the two Zab rivers (modern Erbel/Erbil in Iraq).
500 km
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/874341
36.1913174532, 44.0093802856
- Associated Modern Locations:
- OSM Location: Citadel of Erbil (AD 2000 - AD 2099) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- Alexandreia (Ancient Greek, 330 BC - 140 BC)
- Alexandreia Mykdonikē (Ancient Greek, 330 BC - 140 BC)
- Alexandreia in Mygdonia (Ancient Greek, 330 BC - 140 BC)
- Alexandriana (Ancient Greek, AD 300 - AD 640)
- Arba-ilu (750 BC - 330 BC)
- Arbail (1600 BC - 1000 BC)
- Arbailu (720 BC - 540 BC)
- Arbairā (Ca. 600-400 B.C. Persian, Old, 540 BC - 330 BC)
- Arbaʾil (Akkadian, 3200 BC - 540 BC)
- Arbaʾilu (3200 BC - 540 BC)
- Arbela (550 BC - AD 640)
- Arbelitis (unspecified date range)
- Arbil (English, modern)
- Arbil (AD 1918 - AD 2000)
- Arbēla (Syriac, AD 300 - AD 640)
- Ἄρβηλα (Arbēla: Ancient Greek, 540 BC - AD 650)
- Arbīl (AD 300 - AD 2000)
- Arbīla (Modern Standard Arabic, AD 500 - AD 650)
- Less than certain: Ἀρτακηνὴ (Artakene: Ancient Greek, 30 BC - AD 300)
- Erbil (English, modern)
- Erbil (2000 BC - AD 640)
- Irbil (German, 1200 BC - AD 1725)
- Irbil (English, 1200 BC - AD 1725)
- Irbīl (Modern Standard Arabic, 3200 BC - AD 2000)
- Qaṣrī (Modern Standard Arabic, 2950 BC - 2350 BC)
- Urbilla (Akkadian, 2000 BC - 650 BC)
- Urbillum (Georgian, AD 300 - AD 640)
- Urbēl (Akkadian, 2000 BC - 1600 BC)
- ʾrbl (Aramaic, 540 BC - 330 BC)
- Arbela/Arba-ilu connection Adiabene (unspecified date range)
- Demetrias located near Arbela/Arba-ilu (unspecified date range)
- Qā`lah Arbīl part of (physical/topographic) Arbela/Arba-ilu (unspecified date range)
settlement (fortified), settlement, tell, settlement-modern
- Evidence:
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- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 89 G4 Arbela/Arba-ilu
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Erbil IRQ
M. Roaf, T. Sinclair, S.E. Kroll, St J. Simpson, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Chris de Lisle, Jeffrey Becker, W. Röllig, Tom Elliott, H. Kopp, DARMC, David Mimno, R. Talbert, R. Scott Smith, B. Siewert-Mayer, Greta Hawes, Francis Deblauwe, and Eric Kansa, 'Arbela/Arba-ilu: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/874341> [accessed: 07 March 2025]
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