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Arahtu

a Pleiades name resource

Creators: A. Hausleiter, M. Roaf, St J. Simpson, R. Wenke

Contributors: R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, P. Flensted Jensen, Jamie Novotny

Last modified Sep 28, 2023 01:52 PM — History

tags: ANE, Babylonian

The Arahtu River corresponds more or less to modern Šaṭṭ al-Ḥillah, an eastern branch of the Euphrates River that divides the city of Babylon in half.

Romanized Name(s):
Arahtu

Name as attested:

Language:
Akkadian

Name type:
geographic name

Accuracy of transcription:
accurate

Level of transcription completeness:
complete

Level of certainty in association between name and the place:
Certain

Temporal attestations:

Akkadian-Ur III Mesopotamia (2335–2000 BC) (confident)
2nd Millennium BCE (2000-1000 BCE) (confident)
Early 1st Millennium BC Mesopotamia (1000-720 BC) (confident)
Neo-Assyrian/Babylonian Middle East (720–540 BC) (confident)
Achaemenid Middle East (540–330 BC) (confident)

References:

Evidence:

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Initial Provenance:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 93 A2 Euphrates fl.

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