Sam'alla (kingdom)

region · 1000 BC – 720 BC · location approximate

Sam'alla (šmʾl; also known as Bīt-Gabbāri and yʾdy) was a small Aramean kingdom/city-state during the first half of the first millennium BC. It is named after its capital city Sam'al (modern Zincirli Höyük).

Coordinates

37.18659, 36.89118

Also known as

Mār-Gabbāri (akk), Sam'alla (akk), yʾdy (arc), šmʾl (arc)

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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