Babylon
Creators: M. Roaf, St J. Simpson
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/893951
32.53729695, 44.42497815
- Representative Locations:
- OSM location of آثار بابل (unspecified date range) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
- CIGS location of Bābīl (unspecified date range) accuracy: +/- 5 meters.
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- Babil (750 BC - AD 640)
- Babylon (Latin, 330 BC - AD 640)
- Βαβυλών (Babylon: Ancient Greek, 30 BC - AD 300)
- Bābili (Akkadian, 1600 BC - 100 BC)
- Bābilim (Akkadian, 2000 BC - 1600 BC)
- بابيل (Bābīl: Arabic, unspecified date range)
- Eridu (Sumerian, 720 BC - 100 BC)
- Ka-dingirra (Sumerian, 720 BC - 100 BC)
- Šuanna (Akkadian, 720 BC - 100 BC)
- Babylon connection Euphrates (river) (unspecified date range)
- Babylon part of (administrative) Seleucid Empire (330 BC - 30 BC)
- Marduk Gate part of (physical/topographic) Babylon (1600 BC - 540 BC)
- New City/Newtown part of (physical/topographic) Babylon (2000 BC - 30 BC)
- North Palace at Babylon part of (administrative) Babylon (720 BC - 30 BC)
- Nēmed-Enlil bounds Babylon (1600 BC - 540 BC)
- Palace of Nebuchadnezzar II located at Babylon (unspecified date range)
- Seashore Gate part of (physical/topographic) Babylon (720 BC - 30 BC)
- Sun of the Gods Gate part of (physical/topographic) Babylon (720 BC - 30 BC)
- TE.E part of (physical/topographic) Babylon (1600 BC - 30 BC)
- Tell Babil part of (physical/topographic) Babylon (720 BC - 540 BC)
- Tell Babil connection Babylon (unspecified date range)
- Tuba part of (physical/topographic) Babylon (1600 BC - 30 BC)
- Uraš Gate part of (physical/topographic) Babylon (1600 BC - 540 BC)
- Zababa Gate part of (physical/topographic) Babylon (1600 BC - 540 BC)
- nu-x-ù part of (physical/topographic) Babylon (1600 BC - 30 BC)
- Šamaš Gate part of (physical/topographic) Babylon (1600 BC - 540 BC)
- Šuanna part of (physical/topographic) Babylon (1600 BC - 30 BC)
- Šūhi Canal Gate part of (physical/topographic) Babylon (720 BC - 30 BC)
urban area, settlement, archaeological site
- Evidence:
- See Further:
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- BAtlas 91 F5 Babylon
- BTTo
- George 1992
- Iraq Significant Sites 007. Babil (ancient: Babylon)
- Koldewey 1911
- Koldewey 1914
- Koldewey and Wetzel 1931
- Koldewey et al. 1990
- New Pauly Babylon
- Pedersén 2021
- RIBo
- RLAss
- ToposText Babylon (Iraq)
- WHL 278: Bablyon
- Wikipedia (English) Babylon
- Wikipedia (German) Babylon
- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 91 F5 Babylon
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Tell Amran
Inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage site on 5 July 2019.
M. Roaf, St J. Simpson, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Carolin Johansson, Jamie Novotny, Tom Elliott, DARMC, R. Talbert, Ryan Horne, and Rune Rattenborg, 'Babylon: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2023 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/893951> [accessed: 20 April 2024]
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