Arrapha/Karkha de Beth Seluk
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: M. Roaf, St J. Simpson
Creators: M. Roaf, St J. Simpson
Contributors:
R. Talbert, Chris de Lisle, Jeffrey Becker, W. Röllig, Tom Elliott, H. Kopp, DARMC, Sean Gillies, B. Siewert-Mayer, Francis Deblauwe, Eric Kansa
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Last modified
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History
The name of the ancient city of Arrapha is first attested in the time of the Neo-Sumerian empire. It later became part of the Akkadian empire. Its location is thought to be that of modern Kirkuk in northeastern Iraq.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/893941
35.4694453243, 44.3956185198
- Representative Locations:
- OSM location of قلعة كركوك - قەڵای کەرکووک (Kirkuk Citadel) (unspecified date range) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
- CIGS location of Kirkūk (2000 BC - AD 1000) accuracy: +/- 5 meters.
- DARMC location 22425 (750 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.
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- Arrapachitis (Ancient Greek, 30 BC - AD 300)
- Arrapḫa (Arrapha: Akkadian, 750 BC - 330 BC)
- Arrapḫa (Akkadian, 1600 BC - 330 BC)
- Arrapḫi (1600 BC - 330 BC)
- Arrapḫu (Akkadian, 2000 BC - 1600 BC)
- Arrapḫum (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
- Karkha de Beth Seluk (330 BC - AD 640)
- Kirkuk (AD 1918 - AD 2000)
- Kirkūk (Modern Standard Arabic, 2600000 BC - AD 2000)
- كركوك (Kirkūk: Arabic, modern)
- Qalʿat Kirkūk (Modern Standard Arabic, 2950 BC - 1600 BC)
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settlement, archaeological site, citadel
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 91 F2 Arrapha/Karkha de Beth Seluk
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Kirkuk
M. Roaf, St J. Simpson, R. Talbert, Chris de Lisle, Jeffrey Becker, W. Röllig, Tom Elliott, H. Kopp, DARMC, Sean Gillies, B. Siewert-Mayer, Francis Deblauwe, and Eric Kansa, 'Arrapha/Karkha de Beth Seluk: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2024 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/893941> [accessed: 11 December 2024]
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