Hilakku (region)

region · 1000 BC – 540 BC · location approximate

Hilakku is a mountainous region near Tabālu and Que in the Cilician plain. Its exact location is still debated among scholars. Nevertheless, Hilakku has been tentatively identified as being in the area of Bolkar Dağları or in that of Göksu-Tal, in the western part of Cilicia, that is, in the classical Cilicia Tracheia/Cilicia Aspera.

Coordinates

36.92764, 34.04876

Also known as

Hilakku, Hilakki (akk), Hilakkāja, Hilakkāya (akk), Hilukkāja, Hilukkāya (akk)

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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