Seleucia-on-the-Hedyphon ( el, Σελεύκεια η προς Ηδυφώντι, also
transliterated as Seleuceia, Seleukeia; formerly Soloke or Soloce, Sodome, and Sele, also Surak) was an ancient city on the Hedyphon (now called the
Karkheh River) in
Susa
Susa ( ; Middle elx, 𒀸𒋗𒊺𒂗, translit=Šušen; Middle and Neo- elx, 𒋢𒋢𒌦, translit=Šušun; Neo-Elamite and Achaemenid elx, 𒀸𒋗𒐼𒀭, translit=Šušán; Achaemenid elx, 𒀸𒋗𒐼, translit=Šušá; fa, شوش ...
(earlier
Elam
Elam (; Linear Elamite: ''hatamti''; Cuneiform Elamite: ; Sumerian: ; Akkadian: ; he, עֵילָם ''ʿēlām''; peo, 𐎢𐎺𐎩 ''hūja'') was an ancient civilization centered in the far west and southwest of modern-day Iran, stretc ...
), east of
Mesopotamia, currently the site of Ja Nishin,
Khuzestan province,
Iran.
[{{cite book, author1=Katrien De Graef, author2=Jan Tavernier, url=https://www.researchgate.net/publication/255742967, title=Susa and Elam. Archaeological, Philological, Historical and Geographical Perspectives, publisher=BRILL, year=2013, page=511, isbn=978-90-04-20741-7]
References
External links
Hazlitt, Classical Gazetteer, "Seleucia"
Seleucid colonies
Former populated places in Iran
History of Khuzestan Province