Sitace

SITACE (Σιτάκη), a large town, first noticed by Xenophon (Xen. Anab. 2.4.13), situated about 8 parasangs from the Median Wall, and 15 from the Tigris and the mouth of the Physcus. The exact situation cannot be now determined, but several travellers have noticed, in this neighbourhood, extensive ancient remains, which may perhaps belong to this city. (Mannert, v. pt. 2. p. 281; Niebuhr, 2. p. 305; Ives, Travels, &c. p. 133.)

(Σιτάκη) or Sittăcé (Σιττάκη). A great and populous city of Babylonia, near but not on the Tigris, and eight parasangs within the Median Wall. Its probable site is marked by a ruin called the Tower of Nimrod. It gave the name of Sittacēné to the district on the lower course of the Tigris, east of Babylonia and northwest of Susiana.