Koktepe or Kok Tepe is an archaeological site in Uzbekistan, located around 30 kilometers north from Samarkand, in an area located at the boundary of the steppe during ancient times.[2] The Koktepe site yielded the remains of the tomb of a Sarmatian princess.[3] Koktepe was probably known to ancient writers as the city of Gabae.[4]
 Chinese mirror from the Koktepe tomb, 200 BCE- 1 BCE.[1] | |
  Shown within West and Central Asia  Koktepe (Uzbekistan)  Koktepe (Bactria) | |
| Location | Uzbekistan |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 39°53′36″N 66°55′05″E / 39.89333°N 66.91806°E |
| Type | Settlement |
References
edit- ^ Rapin, Claude; Isamiddinov, Muxammadzon; Khasanov, Mutallib (2001). "La tombe d'une princesse nomade à Koktepe près de Samarkand". Comptes rendus des séances de l'Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres. 145 (1): 49. doi:10.3406/crai.2001.16240.
- ^ Rapin, Claude (26 July 2007). After Alexander: Central Asia Before Islam: Chapter 2 "Nomads and the shaping of Central Asia (from the early Iron Age to the Kushan period)". OUP/British Academy. p. 32. ISBN 978-0-19-726384-6.
- ^ Rapin, Claude; Isamiddinov, Muxammadzon; Khasanov, Mutallib (2001). "La tombe d'une princesse nomade à Koktepe près de Samarkand". Comptes rendus des séances de l'Académie des Inscriptions et Belles-Lettres. 145 (1): 33–92. doi:10.3406/crai.2001.16240.
- ^ Jacobs, Bruno; Rollinger, Robert (23 July 2021). A Companion to the Achaemenid Persian Empire. John Wiley & Sons. p. 318. ISBN 978-1-119-07165-5.
Bibliography
edit- Khasanov, Mutallib, Isamiddinov, Muxammedzon, Rapin, Claude ; La tombe d'une princesse nomade à Koktepe près de Samarkand (lire en ligne)