Illubru
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: Jamie Novotny Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Creators: Jamie Novotny Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
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Dec 19, 2025 01:46 PM
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History
Illubru is a city in the western part of Que (kingdom) or in Hilakku that is mentioned in inscriptions of the Assyrian king Sennacherib (r. 704-681 BC). This site is generally connected with classical Lampron, which is likely to be identified with modern Namrun, ca. 20 km northwest of Tarsus.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/911351382
37.1704423, 34.6038403
- Associated Modern Locations:
- OSM location of Namrun Kalesi (1000 BC - 540 BC) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- Illubru (Akkadian, 720 BC - 540 BC)
- Less than certain: Illubru part of (regional) Hilakku (region) (1000 BC - 540 BC)
- Less than certain: Illubru part of (administrative) Que (kingdom) (1000 BC - 720 BC)
- Less than certain: Illubru part of (administrative) Que (province) (1000 BC - 540 BC)
- Illubru located near Tarsus/Antiochia ad Cydnum (720 BC - 540 BC)
- Illubru located near Taurus (mountain range) (720 BC - 540 BC)
- Mersin-Yumuktepe located near Illubru (720 BC - 540 BC)
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Jamie Novotny, Jeffrey Becker, Sean Gillies, and Tom Elliott, 'Illubru: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/911351382> [accessed: 11 July 2026]
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