Mosul/‘Mespila’?

settlement · 1600 BC – 2000 AD

An ancient city located across the Tigris River from the site of Nineveh. Modern Mosul in Iraq.

Coordinates

36.33557, 43.13713

Also known as

Mespila (grc), Mevṣil (ota), Mossul (en), Mossul (de), Mossul, Moſſul (en), Mosul (de), Mūṣul, Muṣul, Musul, al-Mausil, al-Mauşil, al-Mauṣil, al-Mausil, al-Mawsil, el-Mausil, el-Mauṣil, el-Mawsil (arb), al-Mawşil, Μέσπιλα (grc), موصل (ota)

Dating

attested

Sources

• Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0
  Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)

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