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Imagery Location of Cave 2

a Pleiades location resource

Creators: Jamie Novotny
Contributors: Jeffrey Becker
Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Last modified May 09, 2018 03:10 PM — History
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The given coordinates are based on recent Google satellite imagery and annotated satellite imagery provided in Schachner and Karen Radner 2008. The caves/tunnels with the inscriptions are visible.

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cave, monument

{ "type": "Point", "coordinates": [ 40.547289, 38.530354 ] }

Traces

Certain

Generic 200m Horizontal Accuracy

representative

  • Later 2nd Millennium BC Mesopotamia (1600–1000 BC) (confident)
  • Early 1st Millennium BC Mesopotamia (1000-720 BC) (confident)


Cave 2 contains two inscriptions, one with an accompanying relief. These date to the time of Shalmaneser III.