ancient city of Hatra

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ancient city archaeological site former populated place

The ancient city of Hatra was a wealthy and heavily fortified caravan and religious center of the Parthian Empire in northern Mesopotamia, renowned for its monumental temples and distinctive blend of Hellenistic and Eastern architectural styles.

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Label Occurrences
Hatra and Ashur (Qal'at Sherqat) in Iraq 1
ancient city of Hatra canonical 1

Statements (59)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient city ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ
former populated place ⓘ
abandonedInCentury 3rd century CE ⓘ
coordinateLocation 35.5667°N 42.7333°E ⓘ
country Iraq ⓘ
destroyedBy Sasanian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
destroyedInYear circa 241 CE ⓘ
excavatedBy Iraqi archaeologists ⓘ
flourishedInPeriod 1st–3rd centuries CE ⓘ
2nd century CE ⓘ
foundedInCentury 3rd century BCE ⓘ
hasArchitecturalStyle Hellenistic architecture NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mesopotamian architecture NERFINISHED ⓘ
Parthian architecture NERFINISHED ⓘ
Roman-influenced architecture ⓘ
hasCityWall double wall system ⓘ
hasCulturalInfluence Arab NERFINISHED ⓘ
Greco-Roman NERFINISHED ⓘ
Mesopotamian ⓘ
Parthian NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasDefensiveFeature ditches ⓘ
thick mud-brick walls ⓘ
towers ⓘ
hasDepiction reliefs of kings and deities ⓘ
hasStructure Great Temple NERFINISHED ⓘ
colonnaded halls ⓘ
temple enclosures ⓘ
temple of Shamash NERFINISHED ⓘ
vaulted iwans ⓘ
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site ⓘ
inscribedInScript Aramaic inscriptions ⓘ
knownFor blend of Hellenistic and Eastern architectural styles ⓘ
massive fortifications ⓘ
monumental temples ⓘ
religious center with diverse cults ⓘ
role as caravan city ⓘ
locatedIn Al-Jazira region NERFINISHED ⓘ
Iraq NERFINISHED ⓘ
Nineveh Governorate NERFINISHED ⓘ
northern Mesopotamia ⓘ
materialUsed mud-brick ⓘ
stone ⓘ
partOf Kingdom of Hatra NERFINISHED ⓘ
Parthian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ
religiousFunction center of sun-god Shamash worship ⓘ
multi-religious sanctuary ⓘ
threatenedBy armed conflict ⓘ
intentional destruction of monuments ⓘ
looting ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageCriteria (ii) ⓘ
(iii) ⓘ
(iv) ⓘ
(vi) ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageEndangeredListingYear 2015 ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageEndangeredStatus List of World Heritage in Danger ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageListingYear 1985 ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageRegion Arab States NERFINISHED ⓘ
UNESCOWorldHeritageSiteId 277 ⓘ

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Great Temple of Hatra → partOf → ancient city of Hatra ⓘ
Qalʿat Sherqat → partOfSerialProperty → ancient city of Hatra ⓘ
this entity surface form: Hatra and Ashur (Qal'at Sherqat) in Iraq