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Idu/Diacira/Hit

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: M. Roaf, St J. Simpson
Contributors: R. Talbert, Jeffrey Becker, W. Röllig, Tom Elliott, H. Kopp, DARMC, Sean Gillies, B. Siewert-Mayer, Francis Deblauwe, Eric Kansa
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Last modified Dec 18, 2018 11:41 AM — History
An Old Babylonian site in Iraq's Al Anbar province, Hit was renowned in antiquity for its bitumen springs.

https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/894008

33.6436, 42.8215
    • Dakira (750 BC - AD 640)
    • Dakira (Ancient Greek, AD 300 - AD 640)
    • Diacira (750 BC - AD 640)
    • Diacira (English, AD 300 - AD 640)
    • Hit (750 BC - AD 640)
    • Hit (AD 1918 - AD 2000)
    • Hīt (Modern Standard Arabic, 2000 BC - AD 2000)
    • Hīt (720 BC - AD 1501)
    • Idu (750 BC - AD 640)
    • Idu (1600 BC - 1000 BC)
    • Is (Ancient Greek, 540 BC - AD 226)
    • Itu (720 BC - 540 BC)
    • Sitha (Ancient Greek, AD 300 - AD 640)
    • Ītu (Akkadian, 1600 BC - 540 BC)
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settlement

Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 91 D4 Idu/Diacira/Hit

The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Hit

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M. Roaf, St J. Simpson, R. Talbert, Jeffrey Becker, W. Röllig, Tom Elliott, H. Kopp, DARMC, Sean Gillies, B. Siewert-Mayer, Francis Deblauwe, and Eric Kansa, 'Idu/Diacira/Hit: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2018 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/894008> [accessed: 26 April 2024] 

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