Idu/Diacira/Hit

settlement · 2000 BC – 2000 AD

An Old Babylonian site in Iraq's Al Anbar province, Hit was renowned in antiquity for its bitumen springs.

Coordinates

33.64360, 42.82150

Also known as

Dakira, Diacira (la), Diacira (la), Hit, Hīt, Hīt, Hit (arb), Idu, Is (grc), Itu, Sitha (grc), Ītu, Itu, Idu (akk), هيت (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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