Entry Geographic Name

Number of records used in: 1

001 - CONTROL NUMBER

• control field: 130955

003 - CONTROL NUMBER IDENTIFIER

• control field: DLC

005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION

• control field: 20200604175419.0

008 - FIXED-LENGTH DATA ELEMENTS

• fixed length control field: 071102|| anannbabn |a ana c

010 ## - LIBRARY OF CONGRESS CONTROL NUMBER

• LC control number: sh2007009585

040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE

• Original cataloging agency: ViU
• Language of cataloging: eng
• Transcribing agency: DLC

151 ## - HEADING--GEOGRAPHIC NAME

• Geographic name: Carchemish (Extinct city)

451 ## - SEE FROM TRACING--GEOGRAPHIC NAME

• Geographic name: Barak (Extinct city)

451 ## - SEE FROM TRACING--GEOGRAPHIC NAME

• Geographic name: Carchemus (Extinct city)

451 ## - SEE FROM TRACING--GEOGRAPHIC NAME

• Geographic name: Djerabis (Extinct city)

451 ## - SEE FROM TRACING--GEOGRAPHIC NAME

• Geographic name: Europas (Extinct city)

451 ## - SEE FROM TRACING--GEOGRAPHIC NAME

• Geographic name: Jarablos (Extinct city)

451 ## - SEE FROM TRACING--GEOGRAPHIC NAME

• Geographic name: Kargamış (Extinct city)

451 ## - SEE FROM TRACING--GEOGRAPHIC NAME

• Geographic name: Karkamıș (Extinct city)

550 ## - SEE ALSO FROM TRACING--TOPICAL TERM

• Control subfield: g
• Topical term or geographic name entry element: Extinct cities
• Geographic subdivision: Turkey

551 ## - SEE ALSO FROM TRACING--GEOGRAPHIC NAME

• Control subfield: g
• Geographic name: Turkey
• General subdivision: Antiquities

670 ## - SOURCE DATA FOUND

• Source citation: Work cat.: Euphrates River Valley settlement : the Carchemish sector in the third millennium BC, 2007:
• Information found: preface (Carchemish, one of the great capital cities of the Ancient Near East)

670 ## - SOURCE DATA FOUND

• Source citation: Carchemish : report on the excavations at Jerablus on behalf of the British Museum, 1978.

670 ## - SOURCE DATA FOUND

• Source citation: GEOnet, Oct. 31, 2007:
• Information found: (Kargamış [unverified], variants: Karkamış, Carchemish, Barak; historical site; 36°55ʹ00ʺN, 038°00ʹ00ʺ E; Gaziantep district, Turkey)

670 ## - SOURCE DATA FOUND

• Source citation: LC database, Nov. 14, 2007
• Information found: (hdg.: Carchemish)

670 ## - SOURCE DATA FOUND

• Source citation: Britannica online, Oct. 31, 2007
• Information found: (Carchemish (Roman: Europus), ancient city-state located in what is now S. Turkey, along Syrian border; lay on W. bank of Euphrates River near modern town Jarabulus (N. Syria), and 38 miles SE of Gaziantep, Turkey; Hittite conqueror Suppiluliumas (c. 1375 35 BC) established his son as king of the city, which he used as a buffer state against Assyria, Mitanni, and Egypt; site, occupying over 230 acres, was excavated 1911 20 by David G. Hogarth and later by Sir Leonard Woolley)

670 ## - SOURCE DATA FOUND

• Source citation: Wikipedia, Oct. 31, 2007:
• Information found: (Carchemus (called "Europas" by Romans), important city of Mitanni and Hittite empires; city known locally as "Jarablos," linking it to Biblical city of Jerablus; corrupted form, "Djerabis"; city commanded main ford across Euphrates; location identified 1876 by George Smith, had previously been misidentified with Circesium)

781 #0 - SUBDIVISION LINKING ENTRY--GEOGRAPHIC SUBDIVISION

• Geographic subdivision: Turkey
• Geographic subdivision: Carchemish (Extinct city)