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:
R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, P. Flensted Jensen, Jeffrey Becker, Jamie Novotny, Tom Elliott
Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Last modified
Aug 20, 2019 07:28 AM
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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
26.1480163786, 50.5114679102
- Representative Locations:
- Barrington Atlas location (750 BC - 330 BC)
- 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
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, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, P. Flensted Jensen, Jeffrey Becker, Jamie Novotny, and Tom Elliott, 'Dilmun (region): a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2019 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/912837> [accessed: 26 June 2022]
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