Padakku/Fadak

a Pleiades place resource

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tags: ANE

Ancient Padakku/Fadak is an oasis town in the Arabian Peninsula that is idenified with the modern city al-Ḥā’iṭ.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/982176368

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
25.966667, 40.45

Locations:

OSM location of Al Hayit (modern)

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Fadak (Arabic, AD 640 - AD 1453)
- Padakku (Akkadian, 720 BC - 540 BC)
- al-Ha'it (Arabic, modern)

Padakku/Fadak makes connections with:

None

Padakku/Fadak receives connections from:

None

Place type:
settlement, settlement-modern

References:

See Further:

Hausleiter and Schaudig 2017

Initial Provenance:

Details:

Padakku (later Fadak) is an oasis town visited by the Neo-Babylonian king Nabonidus, who had a relief and inscription carved on a nearby rock face; the monument was found southwest of the modern city.

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Suggested citation:
Jamie Novotny, 'Padakku/Fadak: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2018 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/982176368> [accessed: 17 September 2021]

Cite this resource in Wikipedia:

            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/982176368 |title=Places: 982176368 (Padakku/Fadak) |author=Novotny, J. |accessdate=September 17, 2021 10:07 pm |publisher=Pleiades}}

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Padakku/Fadak