Sittace or Sittake or Sittakê (
Greek
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: ,
Ptol. vi. 1. § 6;
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Sattagū
[Kessler, K. 2002, "Sittake, Sittakene, Sattagū" in ''Altorientalische Forschungen'' 29, 238-248]), was an ancient city, the capital of ancient
Sittacene Sittacene was an ancient region of Babylonia and Assyria situated about the main city of Sittace. Pliny in his ''Natural History'', Book 6, §§ 205-206, places Sittacene between Chalonitis, Persis and Mesene and also between Arbelitis and Pales ...
, 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 ...
, at the southern end of this province, on the road between
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 ...
and
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 ...
. (
Strabo
Strabo''Strabo'' (meaning "squinty", as in strabismus) was a term employed by the Romans for anyone whose eyes were distorted or deformed. The father of Pompey was called "Pompeius Strabo". A native of Sicily so clear-sighted that he could see ...
xvi. p. 744.) It is called Sitta () by
Diodorus
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. 110).
William Smith believed that Diodorus's
Sambana also referred to Sittace.
The origin of the city's name may be found in
Babylon
''Bābili(m)''
* sux, 𒆍𒀭𒊏𒆠
* arc, 𐡁𐡁𐡋 ''Bāḇel''
* syc, ܒܒܠ ''Bāḇel''
* grc-gre, Βαβυλών ''Babylṓn''
* he, בָּבֶל ''Bāvel''
* peo, 𐎲𐎠𐎲𐎡𐎽𐎢 ''Bābiru''
* elx, 𒀸𒁀𒉿𒇷 ''Babi ...
ian tablets referring to the polity "URU.Sattagû" which may be a translation or approximation of "people of
Sattagydia
Sattagydia (Old Persian: 𐎰𐎫𐎦𐎢𐏁 ''Thataguš'', country of the "hundred cows") was one of the easternmost regions of the Achaemenid Empire, part of its Seventh tax district according to Herodotus, along with Gandārae, Dadicae and ...
", a
Persian
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satrapy
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The satrap served as viceroy to the king, though with consid ...
The district of Sittacene appears to have been called in later times "Apolloniatis" (Strab. xi. p. 524).
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Sittacene
Ancient Assyrian cities
Former populated places in Iraq
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