Koktepe

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]

Tomb artefacts, Koktepe
Koktepe
Chinese mirror from the Koktepe tomb, 200 BCE- 1 BCE.[1]
Koktepe is located in West and Central Asia
Koktepe
Shown within West and Central Asia
Koktepe is located in Uzbekistan
Koktepe
Koktepe (Uzbekistan)
Koktepe is located in Bactria
Koktepe
Koktepe (Bactria)
LocationUzbekistan
Coordinates39°53′36″N 66°55′05″E
TypeSettlement

References
  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. 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
  • Khasanov, Mutallib, Isamiddinov, Muxammedzon, Rapin, Claude ; La tombe d'une princesse nomade à Koktepe près de Samarkand (lire en ligne)

See also
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