Dilmun (region)
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:
Sean Gillies, P. Flensted Jensen, Jeffrey Becker, Jamie Novotny, Tom Elliott, Richard Talbert, Michael Heubel, R. Talbert, Ryan Horne
Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
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History
An ancient region near the Persian Gulf that likely encompassed Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, and the eastern portion of Saudi Arabia.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/912837
29.3794556861, 48.215374528
- Representative Locations:
- BAtlas Map Label Location (750 BC - 330 BC) accuracy: +/- 1860 meters.
- None
- 'Akkaz connection Dilmun (region) (unspecified date range)
- Less than certain: A'ali Mound Cemetery part of (administrative) Dilmun (region) (2000 BC - 1500 BC)
region, map label location
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 93 E4 Dilmun
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: region including Failaka Is. and Bahrain Is. BAH/KUW
A. Hausleiter, M. Roaf, St J. Simpson, R. Wenke, Sean Gillies, P. Flensted Jensen, Jeffrey Becker, Jamie Novotny, Tom Elliott, Richard Talbert, Michael Heubel, R. Talbert, and Ryan Horne, 'Dilmun (region): a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2022 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/912837> [accessed: 17 April 2024]
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