Kentrites/Tigris/Zirmas
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: M. Roaf, T. Sinclair, S.E. Kroll, St J. Simpson
Creators: M. Roaf, T. Sinclair, S.E. Kroll, St J. Simpson
Contributors:
Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, W. Röllig, Tom Elliott, H. Kopp, R. Talbert, B. Siewert-Mayer, Francis Deblauwe, Eric Kansa
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History
The modern Botan river in Turkey. It is a tributary of the Tigris.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/874545
37.8488001, 41.9743787667
- Representative Locations:
- Upper reaches of the Botan Çayı (modern) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
- location of Kentrites/Tigris/Zirmas fl. (modern) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
- Confluence of Botan Çayı and Dicle (Tigris) Rivers (modern) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- Botan (From GANE None, AD 1918 - AD 2000)
- Botan Çayı (Turkish, AD 1918 - AD 2000)
- J̌erm (Armenian, AD 300 - AD 1500)
- Kentrites (Ancient Greek, 550 BC - AD 640)
- Tigris (30 BC - AD 300)
- Less than certain: Zerbis (Latin, 30 BC - AD 300)
- Zirmas (AD 300 - AD 640)
- az-Zarm (Modern Standard Arabic, AD 600 - AD 1500)
- Kentrites/Tigris/Zirmas connection Tigris/Diglitus (river) (unspecified date range)
- Tili connection Kentrites/Tigris/Zirmas (unspecified date range)
river, drainage
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 89 D3 Kentrites/Tigris/Zirmas fl.
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Bohtan Su
M. Roaf, T. Sinclair, S.E. Kroll, St J. Simpson, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, W. Röllig, Tom Elliott, H. Kopp, R. Talbert, B. Siewert-Mayer, Francis Deblauwe, and Eric Kansa, 'Kentrites/Tigris/Zirmas: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2017 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/874545> [accessed: 23 April 2024]
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