Dohuk
Creators: Jamie Novotny
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/955792756
36.8623975, 42.9199576
- Representative Locations:
- OSM Location of Dohuk (1000 BC - 720 BC) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
- Less than certain: CIS location of Dāhuk (unspecified date range) accuracy: +/- 5 meters.
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findspot, place of finding, settlement, settlement-modern
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.
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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