Rabana-Merquly

fort · 100 BC – 1 BC

A major, but relatively short-lived, fortified site in the Zagros mountains of modern Iraqi Kurdistan comprising two settlement loci within a large fortified area. Remains include stone foundations for mudbrick fortification walls and buildings, a stone-cut stairway, and two rock-reliefs depicting an unnamed ruler in elaborate costume. The complex has some evidence for reoccupation in Sasanian, Islamic and modern times.

Rabana-Merquly
Coordinates
35.75060, 45.22774
Also known as
Natounia pros to Kapro (grc), Νατούνια πρὸς τῷ Καπρῷ (grc)
Dating
attested

Sources

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