Ancient site· Elazığ merkez, Elazığ
Arsamosata
Arsamosata is a ancient site in Elazığ merkez, Elazığ; Arsamosata was an ancient city on the bank of the Euphrates, near present-day Elazığ, in Armenian Sophene.
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- 38.6609°N · 39.5109°E
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Arsamosata was an ancient city on the bank of the Euphrates, near present-day Elazığ, in Armenian Sophene. Founded in the 3rd century BC by King Arsames I of the Orontid dynasty, it was known as Armosota and Arsamosota in Roman and Byzantine times and as Ashmushat in the Middle Ages.
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A city by the Euphrates in Armenian Sophene: King Arsames I of the Orontid dynasty founded it in the third century BC, and its name meant the Joy of Arsames in Persian. Naming fine, central cities after joy or happiness was an Orontid practice that echoed Achaemenid royal language. The city served as the centre and royal residence of Sophene. Its location is sought between Harput and Palu, and modern scholars point to the village of Örencik in Palu, about 60 km east of Elazığ. Most of that ground now lies under the waters of the Keban reservoir.
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- In the Middle Ages the city was called Ashmushat; in Roman and Byzantine times it appears as Armosota and Arsamosota.
- The name is recorded as Arsamosata in Ptolemy's Geography of AD 150, as Arşmîşat by John of Ephesus in 569, as Arşamuşat in the chronicle of Matthew of Edessa in 1136, and as Şimşât in Yakut al-Hamawi's dictionary of 1220.
- Örencik village was formerly called Haraba; in Turkish records of 1928 the settlement appears as Harabe.
- The city served as the royal residence of the Orontid dynasty of Sophene.
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