Historical place profile
Altin Dilyar tepe
Altin Dilyar tepe is a place located in Afghanistan's Balkh Province. It lies to the north of Balkh, about 22 km south of the Oxus River (Amu Darya) and 16 kilometers north of Daulatabad, according to Ball (1982: 38). The ceramic evidence on the site belongs to the Achaemenid period, ca. sixth to fourth centuries BCE. Ball also notes that there is evidence for "a circular walled town covering approximately 15 hectares, dominated by a central citadel, 28 meters high." The site remains unexcavated.
Record details
- Research ID
- catholon:place:pleiades:961875
- Catalogue ID
- pleiades:961875
- Place type
- settlement
- Coordinates
- 37.137027, 66.766327
- Precision
- precise
- Locator semantics
- representative_point_not_boundary
Historical description
Altin Dilyar tepe is a place located in Afghanistan's Balkh Province. It lies to the north of Balkh, about 22 km south of the Oxus River (Amu Darya) and 16 kilometers north of Daulatabad, according to Ball (1982: 38). The ceramic evidence on the site belongs to the Achaemenid period, ca. sixth to fourth centuries BCE. Ball also notes that there is evidence for "a circular walled town covering approximately 15 hectares, dominated by a central citadel, 28 meters high." The site remains unexcavated.
Geographic evidence
The coordinates are a representative_point_not_boundary. They identify a research anchor and do not by themselves assert an ancient administrative boundary or the full extent of the settlement.
Provenance: Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 98 G1 Altin Dilyar tepe
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