Padakku/Fadak
Creators: Jamie Novotny
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/982176368
25.9786, 40.4668
- Representative Locations:
- Less than certain: CIGS location of Al-Ḥāyiṭ (unspecified date range) accuracy: +/- 5 meters.
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settlement, archaeological site
- See Further:
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.
Jamie Novotny, Carolin Johansson, and Rune Rattenborg, 'Padakku/Fadak: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2023 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/982176368> [accessed: 08 November 2024]
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