Arrapha/Karkha de Beth Seluk

settlement · 2600000 BC – 2100 AD

The name of the ancient city of Arrapha is first attested in the time of the Neo-Sumerian empire. It later became part of the Akkadian empire. Its location is thought to be that of modern Kirkuk in northeastern Iraq.

Coordinates

35.46945, 44.39562

Also known as

Arrapachitis (grc), Arrapha (akk), Arrapḫa (akk), Arrapḫa, Arrapha, Arrapkha, Arraphi, Arrapkhi (akk), Arrapḫi, Arrapḫu, Arraphu, Arrapkhu, Arrapḫum, Arraphum, Arrapkhum (akk), Arrapḫum, Karkha de Beth Seluk, Kerkük (ota), Kirkuk, Kirkūk (ar), Kirkūk, Kirkuk (arb), Qalʿat Kirkūk, Qal'at Kirkuk, Qalat Kirkuk, Qala'at Kirkuk, Qalaat Kirkuk (arb), كركوك (ar)

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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