Ashqelon/Ascalon
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: B. Isaac
Creators: B. Isaac
Contributors:
Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jen Thum, Jeffrey Becker, Jamie Novotny, H. Kopp, Herbert Verreth, W. Röllig, B. Siewert-Mayer, Mark Depauw, Rune Rattenborg, R. Talbert, Johan Åhlfeldt, Adam Prins, Carolin Johansson, Tom Elliott, DARMC, Sarah Bond, Francis Deblauwe, Eric Kansa
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Feb 06, 2024 01:51 PM
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History
Ashqelon/Ascalon was an ancient city in coastal Palestine, located midway between Azotus and Gaza. It became independent in 104 B.C. and remained the only free city in Palestine. Strabo refers to it, while Pliny calls it a free city (oppidum libera).
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/687839
31.6647972122, 34.5505214667
- Associated Modern Locations:
- OSM location of אשקלון (AD 2000 - AD 2099) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
- Representative Locations:
- CIGS location of Isqalluna (unspecified date range) accuracy: +/- 5 meters.
- DARMC location 6296 (330 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.
- DARE Location (330 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 100 meters.
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- Afridar (Modern Standard Arabic, 3300 BC - 2000 BC)
- Afridār (3300 BC - 2000 BC)
- Ascalon (Latin, 330 BC - AD 640)
- Ascalon (Georgian, AD 1099 - AD 1291)
- Ashkalon (English, unspecified date range)
- Ashqelon (330 BC - AD 640)
- Ἀσκάλων (Askalon: Ancient Greek, 30 BC - AD 550)
- Askelōn (Ancient Greek, 2000 BC - 1000 BC)
- Aškǝlon (3300 BC - AD 2000)
- Ašqaluna (Akkadian, 1344 BC - 1212 BC)
- Ašqǝlon (Ancient Hebrew, 6000 BC - AD 2000)
- Ašqǝlon (Ancient Hebrew, 6000 BC - AD 2000)
- Ašqǝlon (Modern Hebrew, 6000 BC - AD 2000)
- Ašqǝlon Barnẹaʿ (Modern Hebrew, AD 300 - AD 640)
- Colonia A. (Georgian, 30 BC - AD 300)
- Dioklētianoupolis (Ancient Greek, 30 BC - AD 640)
- אַשְׁקְלוֹן (Isqalluna: Modern Hebrew)
- Isqallūna (Akkadian, 720 BC - 540 BC)
- Isqalūna (Akkadian, 720 BC - 540 BC)
- Išqalūni (Akkadian, 720 BC - 540 BC)
- Maǧdal (AD 1453 - AD 1683)
- Migdal Gȧd (Ancient Hebrew, 1200 BC - 550 BC)
- Peleia (Ancient Greek, AD 300 - AD 640)
- Sariphaia (Ancient Greek, AD 300 - AD 640)
- Tall ʿAsqalān (Modern Standard Arabic, 720 BC - 540 BC)
- Tẹl Ašqǝlon (Modern Hebrew, 3300 BC - 1200 BC)
- al-Maǧdal (Modern Standard Arabic, AD 300 - AD 2000)
- al-Ğūra (Modern Standard Arabic, AD 1918 - AD 2000)
- ʾśqln (Canaanite, 540 BC - 330 BC)
- ʿAsqalān (Modern Standard Arabic, 1200 BC - AD 2000)
- Ḫirbat Miǧdalit (Modern Standard Arabic, 1344 BC - 550 BC)
- Ḫirbat Muǧēdilāt (1344 BC - 550 BC)
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- Asqalūnāja (Akkadian, 1000 BC - 720 BC)
- Isqalūnāja (Akkadian, 1000 BC - 540 BC)
- Ashqelon/Ascalon part of (administrative) Philistia (region) (1200 BC - 550 BC)
- Beth Dagon part of (administrative) Ashqelon/Ascalon (720 BC - 540 BC)
settlement, settlement-modern, findspot, place of finding
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- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 70 F2 Ashqelon/Ascalon
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Ashkelon
B. Isaac, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jen Thum, Jeffrey Becker, Jamie Novotny, H. Kopp, Herbert Verreth, W. Röllig, B. Siewert-Mayer, Mark Depauw, Rune Rattenborg, R. Talbert, Johan Åhlfeldt, Adam Prins, Carolin Johansson, Tom Elliott, DARMC, Sarah Bond, Francis Deblauwe, and Eric Kansa, 'Ashqelon/Ascalon: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2024 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/687839> [accessed: 21 December 2024]
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