Historical place profile
Arrapha/Karkha de Beth Seluk
The name of the ancient city of Arrapha is first attested in the time of the Neo-Sumerian empire. It later became part of the Akkadian empire. Its location is thought to be that of modern Kirkuk in northeastern Iraq.
Record details
- Research ID
- catholon:place:pleiades:893941
- Catalogue ID
- pleiades:893941
- Place type
- archaeological-site, citadel, settlement
- Coordinates
- 35.469445, 44.395619
- Precision
- precise
- Locator semantics
- representative_point_not_boundary
Historical description
The name of the ancient city of Arrapha is first attested in the time of the Neo-Sumerian empire. It later became part of the Akkadian empire. Its location is thought to be that of modern Kirkuk in northeastern Iraq.
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 91 F2 Arrapha/Karkha de Beth Seluk
Source and reuse
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Research path
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