Sam'al

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: Jeffrey Becker

Contributors: Jamie Novotny

Last modified Aug 29, 2020 11:28 AM — History

tags: ANE

A Hittite and Aramaean city located at Zincirli Höyük in the Anti-Taurus mountains. The site appears in Neo-Assyrian sources as Samʾalla and Aramaic texts as šmʿl (also yʾdy). It is identified with the modern site of Zincirli.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.jazkarta.com/places/192555966

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
37.1015492, 36.6792698

Locations:

Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Zincirli Höyük (2000 BC - 1000 BC) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Samʾal (Akkadian, 720 BC - 540 BC)
- Samʾalla (Akkadian, 720 BC - 540 BC)
- Zincirli Hüyük (Zincirli Huyuk: Turkish, modern)
Ethnic Names:
- Samʾallāja (Akkadian, 1000 BC - 720 BC)
- Samʾalāja (Akkadian, 1000 BC - 720 BC)

Sam'al makes connections with:

Sam'al capital of Sam'alla (kingdom) (1000 BC - 720 BC)
Sam'al capital of Sam'alla (province) (1000 BC - 540 BC)

Sam'al receives connections from:

None

Place type:
settlement

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Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

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Suggested citation:
Jeffrey Becker, and Jamie Novotny, 'Sam'al: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2020 <https://pleiades.jazkarta.com/places/192555966> [accessed: 26 April 2025]

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            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.jazkarta.com/places/192555966 |title=Places: 192555966 (Sam'al) |author=Becker, J. |accessdate=April 26, 2025 7:36 pm |publisher=Pleiades}}