'Akkaz
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: A. Hausleiter, M. Roaf, St J. Simpson, R. Wenke
Creators: A. Hausleiter, M. Roaf, St J. Simpson, R. Wenke
Contributors:
DARMC, R. Talbert, P. Flensted Jensen, Francis Deblauwe, Jeffrey Becker, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott
Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Last modified
Sep 30, 2022 01:05 PM
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History
Formerly an island but now part of the harbor infrastructure of Kuwait City: Shuwaikh Port.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/912798
29.35497, 47.915846
- Representative Locations:
- Imagery location of Akaz island (550 BC - AD 300) accuracy: +/- 4 meters.
- None
- 'Akkaz connection Dilmun (region) (unspecified date range)
- 'Akkaz connection Persicus Sinus/Erythr(ae)um Mare (unspecified date range)
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None
island, settlement, port
- See Further:
- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 93 D4 'Akkaz
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: 'Akkaz, KUW.
A. Hausleiter, M. Roaf, St J. Simpson, R. Wenke, DARMC, R. Talbert, P. Flensted Jensen, Francis Deblauwe, Jeffrey Becker, Sean Gillies, and Tom Elliott, ''Akkaz: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2022 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/912798> [accessed: 16 April 2024]
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