Arslantepe

Milid (modern Arslantepe) was a Hittite city at the Tohma River, the ancient name of a tributary of the upper Euphrates rising in the Taurus Mountains near the modern city of Malatya of which it was the former location and whose name purports the ancient name. The word "milid" means "milk", an original sense shared in common notably and interestingly with Aleppo.

Milid was the base of Suppiluliuma I on his campaign to sack the Mitanni capital Wassukanni.

In the 12th to 7th centuries, Milid was an independent Neo-Hittite kingdom.

Excavations in Arslantepe are currently being pursued by an Italian team.

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