Hierapolis/Bambyke
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: T. Sinclair, P.-L. Gatier
Creators: T. Sinclair, P.-L. Gatier
Contributors:
M. Ballance, R. Talbert, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, W. Röllig, Tom Elliott, H. Kopp, DARMC, Gabriel Mckee, R. Warner, Sean Gillies, B. Siewert-Mayer, Francis Deblauwe, Eric Kansa
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Mar 26, 2025 05:51 PM
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History
Hierapolis/Bambyke was an ancient settlement of Commagene. The city was also a center for the worship of the Syrian goddess Atargatis.
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- Representative Locations:
- DARMC location 34872 (330 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.
- DARE Location (330 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 100 meters.
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- Βαμβύκη (Bambyke: Ancient Greek, 330 BC - AD 640)
- Bambyke (540 BC - 30 BC)
- Bambykē (Ancient Greek, 540 BC - AD 640)
- Hierapolis (330 BC - AD 640)
- Hierapolis (Ancient Greek, 540 BC - AD 1200)
- Hierapolis (330 BC - AD 226)
- Hierapolis Bambykē (Ancient Greek, 140 BC - AD 640)
- Līta-Aššur (Akkadian, 720 BC - 540 BC)
- Mabbug (Ancient Greek, AD 300 - AD 640)
- Mabbug (Syriac, AD 300 - AD 640)
- Mabbuk (AD 300 - AD 640)
- Mabog (330 BC - AD 640)
- Manbiǧ (Modern Standard Arabic, 1200 BC - AD 2000)
- Mombech (AD 1099 - AD 1291)
- Munaibiǧ (Modern Standard Arabic, 720 BC - 540 BC)
- Munēbiǧ (Arabic, 1600 BC - 1000 BC)
- Napigu (Akkadian, 720 BC - 540 BC)
- Nippigu (Dialect of Akkadian Assyrian, 540 BC - 330 BC)
- Hierapolis/Bambyke connection Commagene (unspecified date range)
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- Evidence:
- See Further:
- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 67 F3 Hierapolis/Bambyke
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Membidj SYR
T. Sinclair, P.-L. Gatier, M. Ballance, R. Talbert, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, W. Röllig, Tom Elliott, H. Kopp, DARMC, Gabriel Mckee, R. Warner, Sean Gillies, B. Siewert-Mayer, Francis Deblauwe, and Eric Kansa, 'Hierapolis/Bambyke: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/658480> [accessed: 13 May 2025]
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