 The actual date of destruction has been placed at 1187 BC in the 2nd regnal year of king Meli-Shipak II of Babylon

The site remained desolate at the unstable eastern borders of the Roman Empire, resettled nearby as Barbalissos.In 253, it was the site of the Battle of Barbalissos between the Sassanid Persians under Shapur I and Roman troops.Its Byzantine history can be followed at Barbalissos.