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Artakene

a Pleiades name resource

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Toponym used by Strabo.

Romanized Name(s):
Artakene

Name as attested:

Ἀρτακηνὴ

Language:
Greek (ancient)

Name type:
geographic name

Accuracy of transcription:
accurate

Level of transcription completeness:
complete

Level of certainty in association between name and the place:
Less certain

Temporal attestations:

Roman, early Empire (30 BC-AD 300) (confident)

References:

Evidence:

Str. (Meineke: Perseus) 16.1.4

Citation:

RE Artakene

Initial Provenance:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 89 G4 Arbela/Arba-ilu

Details:

The toponym Artakene seems to occur only in Strabo (16.1.4). The apparatus criticus to Hamilton's (1903) edition of Strabo offers suggestions about how the singleton toponym might be best interpreted.

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