Historical place profile
Jiga tepe
A site located in Balkh Province, east of Dilbarjin. The material observed at the site dates to the Hellenistic, Kushan, and Early Sasanian periods.
Record details
- Research ID
- catholon:place:pleiades:961918
- Catalogue ID
- pleiades:961918
- Place type
- settlement
- Coordinates
- 37.027258, 66.604367
- Precision
- precise
- Locator semantics
- representative_point_not_boundary
Historical description
A site located in Balkh Province, east of Dilbarjin. The material observed at the site dates to the Hellenistic, Kushan, and Early Sasanian periods.
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 Jiga tepe
Source and reuse
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Research path
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