Singara

settlement · 6200 BC – 2000 AD

fortified post at the northern extremity of Mesopotamia

Coordinates

36.32247, 41.86198

Also known as

Balad Sinǧār, Balad Sinjar, Bald Sinjar, Beled Sinjar (arb), Bald Sinǧār, Col. Aurelia Septimia Singara, Colonia Aurelia Septimia Singara, Aurelia Septimia Colonia Singara (ka), Colonia Aur. Sept. S., Colonia Aurelia Septimia Singara, Aurelia Septimia Colonia Singara (ka), Digeren, I Parthica (Const.) garrison (ka), I Parthica garrison (ka), Sinǧar, Sinjar (ota), Sinǧār, Sinjar (arb), Sirgora, Sīnǧār, Tall Abī Raʾsain, Tall Abi Ra'sain, Tell Abi Ra'sein, Tall Abi Ra'sayn, Tell Abi Ra'seyn, Tall Abu Rasen, Tall Abi Rasain (arb), Tall Abū Rasēn, Tall Abū Raʾsain, Tall Abu Ra'sain, Tall Abu Ra'sayn, Tell Abu Ra'sein, Tell Abu Ra'seyn, Tall Abu Rasen (ar), Tall Yōz Tepe, Tall Yoz Tepe (ku), Yōz Tepe, Yoz Tepe (ku), Šah Sinǧar, Shah Sinjar (ota), Šingar, Shingar, Šngar (hy), Šngar

Dating

attested

Sources

• Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0
  Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)
• Wikidata · CC0 1.0
  Wikidata (CC0)

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