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, Jeffrey Becker, H. Kopp, B. Siewert-Mayer, David Mimno, R. Talbert, Chris de Lisle, Enes Yılandiloğlu, W. Röllig, Tom Elliott, DARMC, R. Scott Smith, 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).
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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)
- Erbīl (Ottoman Turkish, AD 1500 - AD 1599)
- 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
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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, Jeffrey Becker, H. Kopp, B. Siewert-Mayer, David Mimno, R. Talbert, Chris de Lisle, Enes Yılandiloğlu, W. Röllig, Tom Elliott, DARMC, R. Scott Smith, Greta Hawes, Francis Deblauwe, and Eric Kansa, 'Arbela/Arba-ilu: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2026 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/874341> [accessed: 22 July 2026]
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