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Dohuk

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: Jamie Novotny Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Last modified Mar 24, 2023 02:28 PM History
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Dohuk is the capital of Dohuk Governorate in Iraqi Kurdistan. The modern city is located around the ancient site; the University of Dohuk campus is situated on top of the ruins of the ancient city (name not known).

https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/955792756

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A black basalt stele of a high official of the Assyrian king Adad-nerari III is reported to have come from Dohuk. Presumably it originates from the high ruin mound.


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Jamie Novotny, Carolin Johansson, and Rune Rattenborg, 'Dohuk: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2023 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/955792756> [accessed: 05 October 2024]

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