Kophen
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: M.U. Erdosy
Creators: M.U. Erdosy
Contributors:
R. Talbert, Carolin Johansson, W. Röllig, Tom Elliott, H. Kopp, DARMC, Jeffrey Becker, Sean Gillies, B. Siewert-Mayer, Rune Rattenborg, Francis Deblauwe, Eric Kansa
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Last modified
Dec 13, 2022 01:59 PM
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History
The ancient settlement of Kophen is the modern Kabul, Afghanistan.
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https://pleiades.jazkarta.com/places/59885
34.5207619, 69.1713351
- Associated Modern Locations:
- OSM location of modern Kabul (modern) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
- Representative Locations:
- DARMC location 20392 (330 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.
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- Caman-Hazuri (Ca. 600-400 B.C. Persian, Old, 540 BC - 330 BC)
- چمن حضوری (Chaman-i Ḥaz̤ūrī: Modern Persian)
- Kaboura (Ancient Greek, 330 BC - 140 BC)
- Kabul (AD 1900 - AD 1950)
- Kophen (330 BC - AD 640)
- Kābol (Modern Persian, 1200 BC - AD 2000)
- Kābul (Modern Standard Arabic, 540 BC - AD 2000)
- Kābul (Pashto, 540 BC - AD 2000)
- Kābūl (540 BC - 330 BC)
- Kāvul (Middle Persian, AD 300 - AD 640)
- Kōphēn (Ancient Greek, 330 BC - AD 226)
- Ortaspana (330 BC - 140 BC)
- Ortospana (Ancient Greek, 540 BC - 140 BC)
- Čaman Hezārī (Modern Persian, 540 BC - 330 BC)
- Kophen connection Kophen/Koa (river) (unspecified date range)
- Findspot of so-called Kabul Hoard located at Kophen (unspecified date range)
settlement, settlement-modern
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 6 B3 Kophen
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Kabul? AFG
M.U. Erdosy, R. Talbert, Carolin Johansson, W. Röllig, Tom Elliott, H. Kopp, DARMC, Jeffrey Becker, Sean Gillies, B. Siewert-Mayer, Rune Rattenborg, Francis Deblauwe, and Eric Kansa, 'Kophen: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2022 <https://pleiades.jazkarta.com/places/59885> [accessed: 26 April 2025]
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