Sambana ( Greek: ), is an ancient town mentioned by

Diodorus Siculus Diodorus Siculus, or Diodorus of Sicily ( grc-gre, Διόδωρος ; 1st century BC), was an ancient Greek historian. He is known for writing the monumental universal history ''Bibliotheca historica'', in forty books, fifteen of which su ...

(xvii. 27). William Smith identifies it as the same as the Sabata mentioned by Pliny (vi. 27. § 31). It was situated about two days' journey north of

Sittace Sittace or Sittake or Sittakê (Greek: , Ptol. vi. 1. § 6; Akkadian SattagūKessler, K. 2002, "Sittake, Sittakene, Sattagū" in ''Altorientalische Forschungen'' 29, 238-248), was an ancient city, the capital of ancient Sittacene, in Assyria, at th ...

and east of

Artemita Artemita ( grc, Ἀρτεμίτα) or Artemita in Apolloniatis was a GreekIsidore of Charax paragraph 2. city in Sittacene, a region in what is now eastern Iraq. Artemita was already settled during the Assyrian EmpireKarlheinz Kessler, ''Kār Aš ...

, in

Assyria Assyria (Neo-Assyrian cuneiform: , romanized: ''māt Aššur''; syc, ܐܬܘܪ, ʾāthor) was a major ancient Mesopotamian civilization which existed as a city-state at times controlling regional territories in the indigenous lands of the A ...

References

* Ancient Assyrian cities Sittacene Former populated places in Iraq {{Assyrian-stub