Historical place profile
[Dur-Katlimmu]/Magdalu
[Dur-Katlimmu]/Magdalu (modern Tell Schech Hamad in Syria) is a multi-period human settlement where occupation began in the Late Chalcolithic period and continued/reoccurred into the Roman period. The Assyrian city of Dur-Katlimmu (tenth to seventh centuries BCE) was perhaps founded by Shalmaneser I.
Record details
- Research ID
- catholon:place:pleiades:893991
- Catalogue ID
- pleiades:893991
- Place type
- archaeological-site, fortified-settlement, settlement
- Coordinates
- 35.644875, 40.742495
- Precision
- precise
- Locator semantics
- representative_point_not_boundary
Historical description
[Dur-Katlimmu]/Magdalu (modern Tell Schech Hamad in Syria) is a multi-period human settlement where occupation began in the Late Chalcolithic period and continued/reoccurred into the Roman period. The Assyrian city of Dur-Katlimmu (tenth to seventh centuries BCE) was perhaps founded by Shalmaneser I.
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 B2 [Dur-Katlimmu]/Magdalu
Source and reuse
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Research path
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