Syene
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: T. Wilfong, S.E. Sidebotham, J. Keenan
Creators: T. Wilfong, S.E. Sidebotham, J. Keenan
Contributors:
Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jen Thum, Jeffrey Becker, H. Kopp, Herbert Verreth, B. Siewert-Mayer, Mark Depauw, R. Talbert, Johan Åhlfeldt, Adam Prins, W. Röllig, Tom Elliott, DARMC, Francis Deblauwe, Eric Kansa
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Oct 28, 2024 10:57 PM
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History
The ancient city of Swenett in Egypt, called Syene by the Greeks.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/786123
24.0885745, 32.901491
- Representative Locations:
- DARMC location 16105 (750 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 10000 meters.
- DARE Location (750 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.
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- Assuan (modern)
- Assuan (German, AD 1453 - AD 2000)
- Aswān (Modern Standard Arabic, 6000 BC - AD 2000)
- Souan (Coptic, AD 300 - AD 640)
- Suwān (Modern Standard Arabic, AD 750 - AD 940)
- Συήνη (Syene: Ancient Greek, 750 BC - AD 640)
- Syenē (30 BC - AD 226)
- Syēnē (Ancient Greek, 540 BC - AD 640)
- Uswān (Arabic, 1200 BC - AD 1500)
- swnw (Ancient Egyptian, 1548 BC - 1086 BC)
- Syene connection Nilus (river) (unspecified date range)
- Aswan Quarry Landscape connection Syene (unspecified date range)
settlement
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- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 80 inset Syene
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: settlement and quarry cluster at Aswan
T. Wilfong, S.E. Sidebotham, J. Keenan, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jen Thum, Jeffrey Becker, H. Kopp, Herbert Verreth, B. Siewert-Mayer, Mark Depauw, R. Talbert, Johan Åhlfeldt, Adam Prins, W. Röllig, Tom Elliott, DARMC, Francis Deblauwe, and Eric Kansa, 'Syene: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2024 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/786123> [accessed: 23 November 2024]
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