Melid
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Melid was an ancient city in Anatolia, known as a significant cultural and political center in the region during the early first millennium BCE.
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Bronze Age settlement
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ancient city ⓘ archaeological site ⓘ |
| countryOfArchaeologicalSite | Turkey NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| culture |
Hurrian
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Luwian NERFINISHED ⓘ Neo-Hittite NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| excavatedBy | Italian archaeological missions ⓘ |
| flourishedIn |
Iron Age
ⓘ
Late Bronze Age ⓘ early first millennium BCE ⓘ |
| hasArchaeologicalEvidenceFrom |
1st millennium BCE
ⓘ
2nd millennium BCE ⓘ 3rd millennium BCE ⓘ 4th millennium BCE ⓘ |
| hasArchaeologicalSiteName | Arslantepe NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
fortification walls
ⓘ
lion statues ⓘ monumental gate ⓘ palatial complex ⓘ stone orthostats ⓘ |
| hasModernNearbyCity | Malatya NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTypeOfFind |
administrative tablets
ⓘ
elite burials ⓘ reliefs ⓘ royal inscriptions ⓘ |
| hasWritingSystemEvidence |
Hieroglyphic Luwian
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
cuneiform ⓘ |
| influencedBy |
Hittite culture
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Mesopotamian culture NERFINISHED ⓘ Syrian-Levantine culture NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownAs |
Arslantepe
NERFINISHED
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Malidiya NERFINISHED ⓘ Meliddu NERFINISHED ⓘ Melitene NERFINISHED ⓘ Meliteya NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Anatolia
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Eastern Anatolia NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInPresentDay | Turkey ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Euphrates River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf |
Neo-Hittite states
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Syro-Anatolian city-states NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regionHistoricallyAssociatedWith | Commagene NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| timeOfAssyrianConquest | late 8th century BCE ⓘ |
| was |
significant cultural center in Anatolia
ⓘ
significant political center in Anatolia ⓘ |
| wasDestroyedOrConqueredBy | Assyrian Empire NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (6)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Tabal region