Opis
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: M. Roaf, St J. Simpson
Creators: M. Roaf, St J. Simpson
Contributors:
R. Talbert, Carolin Johansson, W. Röllig, Tom Elliott, H. Kopp, DARMC, Jeffrey Becker, Sean Gillies, B. Siewert-Mayer, Rune Rattenborg, Francis Deblauwe, Eric Kansa
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Sep 16, 2024 11:20 AM
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History
Opis was an ancient city of Babylonia located on the Tigris River close to the site of modern Baghdad.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/894056
33.1844, 44.7015
- Representative Locations:
- CIGS location of Ūbīs (unspecified date range) accuracy: +/- 5 meters.
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- Ὦπις (Opis: Ancient Greek, 750 BC - 30 BC)
- Opis (Ancient Greek, 540 BC - 30 BC)
- Tall Naṣrat Paša (720 BC - 540 BC)
- Tall Noṣrat Pāšā (Modern Persian, 720 BC - 540 BC)
- Tulūl al-Muǧailiʿ (Modern Standard Arabic, 2950 BC - 30 BC)
- Upi (750 BC - 330 BC)
- Upi (2335 BC - 540 BC)
- Upā (540 BC - 330 BC)
- Upī (Akkadian, 720 BC - 330 BC)
- Ōpis (Ancient Greek, 540 BC - 330 BC)
- أوبيس (Ūbīs: Arabic, modern)
- Opis connection Tigris/Diglitus (river) (unspecified date range)
- Veh Ardashir/Coche/Mahoza/‘Seleucia’ succeeds Opis (330 BC - 30 BC)
findspot, place of finding, settlement, archaeological site
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 91 F4 Opis
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Tell Mujeili'
Adams 1965 no. 590 notes a significant site with surface material dating from Cassite to Neo-Babylonian. The sequence of Early Dynastic to Old Babylonian is also attested.
M. Roaf, St J. Simpson, R. Talbert, Carolin Johansson, W. Röllig, Tom Elliott, H. Kopp, DARMC, Jeffrey Becker, Sean Gillies, B. Siewert-Mayer, Rune Rattenborg, Francis Deblauwe, and Eric Kansa, 'Opis: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2024 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/894056> [accessed: 21 December 2024]
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