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Ellibir

a Pleiades place resource

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tags: ANE, Assyrian

A fortress in the vicinity of Til-garimmu fortified by the Assyrian king Sargon II (r. 721-705 BC) against Kasku.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/988674926

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
39.4703799, 37.8807432

Locations:

None

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Ellibir (Akkadian, 720 BC - 540 BC)

Ellibir makes connections with:

Ellibir located near Gauraina (720 BC - 540 BC)
Ellibir part of (administrative) Kammanu/Meliddu (kingdom) (720 BC - 540 BC)
Ellibir located near Kasku (region) (720 BC - 540 BC)

Ellibir receives connections from:

Šindarara located near Ellibir (720 BC - 540 BC)

Place type:
unlocated, settlement, fort, tower (deprecated)

References:

See Further:

Bagg, RGTC 7/1 65-66

Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

Details:

Ellibir is an unlocated fortress in the vicinity of Til-garimmu. E. Forrer identified it with the ruin mound of Halbur, which is on the road between Melitene and Sebasteia (approximately between Deliktaṣ and Kangal).

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Suggested citation:
Jamie Novotny, 'Ellibir: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2020 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/988674926> [accessed: 13 October 2024]

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            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/988674926 |title=Places: 988674926 (Ellibir) |author=Novotny, J. |accessdate=October 13, 2024 2:31 am |publisher=Pleiades}}

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