Tigris/Diglitus (river)
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: A. Hausleiter, M. Roaf, St J. Simpson, R. Wenke
Creators: A. Hausleiter, M. Roaf, St J. Simpson, R. Wenke
Contributors:
Brady Kiesling, P. Flensted Jensen, Jeffrey Becker, W. Röllig, Tom Elliott, H. Kopp, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, B. Siewert-Mayer, Francis Deblauwe, Eric Kansa
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The Tigris river, one of the two great rivers that define Mesopotamia, flows 1,850 km from the Taurus Mountains to the Persian Gulf.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/912964
34.9238028849, 43.7122974945
- Associated Modern Locations:
- OSM Location of the modern Tigris river (AD 2000 - AD 2099) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- Dicle (Turkish, AD 1918 - AD 2000)
- Diglitus (330 BC - AD 640)
- Diǧla (Modern Standard Arabic)
- Diǧle Nehri (Ottoman Turkish, AD 1918 - AD 2000)
- Dklaṭ (Armenian, AD 300 - AD 1500)
- Dıʾǧla (AD 1918 - AD 2000)
- Idigina (Akkadian, 5500 BC - 2000 BC)
- Idiglat (750 BC - AD 300)
- Idiglat (2000 BC - 1600 BC)
- Idiqlat (Akkadian, 1600 BC - 540 BC)
- Tigris (Latin, 550 BC - AD 640)
- Tigris (Ancient Greek, 330 BC - AD 1683)
- Tigris (Georgian, 6200 BC - AD 2000)
- Tigris (German, modern)
- Τίγρις (Tigris: Ancient Greek, 30 BC - AD 300)
- Tigrā (Ca. 600-400 B.C. Persian, Old, unspecified date range)
- Tigrēs (Ancient Greek, 540 BC - 140 BC)
- ad-Diǧla (AD 632 - AD 750)
- Šaṭṭ (Modern Standard Arabic, AD 1453 - AD 1725)
- Šaṭṭ (Ottoman Turkish, AD 1453 - AD 1725)
- Tigris/Diglitus (river) part of (physical/topographic) Mesopotamia (region) (unspecified date range)
- Tigris/Diglitus (river) flows into Persicus Sinus/Erythr(ae)um Mare (unspecified date range)
- Tigris/Diglitus (river) connection Taurus (mountain range) (unspecified date range)
- Apamea located on Tigris/Diglitus (river) (unspecified date range)
- Apamea located on Tigris/Diglitus (river) (unspecified date range)
- Arkesikerta/Epiphaneia on the Tigris located on Tigris/Diglitus (river) (unspecified date range)
- Ashur/‘Lamban’?/‘Liba(nai)’? located on Tigris/Diglitus (river) (unspecified date range)
- Crown Prince's Palace at Assur located near Tigris/Diglitus (river) (720 BC - 540 BC)
- Ctesiphon located on Tigris/Diglitus (river) (unspecified date range)
- Euphrates (river) connection Tigris/Diglitus (river) (unspecified date range)
- Giricano located near Tigris/Diglitus (river) (6200 BC - Present)
- Gyndes (river) flows into Tigris/Diglitus (river) (550 BC - 330 BC)
- Iri-sagrig located on Tigris/Diglitus (river) (2950 BC - 1600 BC)
- Less than certain: Jebel Khayabir/Alexandria?/Antiochia?/Spasinou Charax?/Karkh Maisan?/[Astarabad Ardashir]? located on Tigris/Diglitus (river) (unspecified date range)
- Karkheh/Eulaeus?/Ula(ya)? (river) flows into Tigris/Diglitus (river) (unspecified date range)
- Kentrites/Tigris/Zirmas (river) flows into Tigris/Diglitus (river) (unspecified date range)
- Kār-Tukultī-Ninurta located on Tigris/Diglitus (river) (1600 BC - 1000 BC)
- Larak located near Tigris/Diglitus (river) (3000 BC - 540 BC)
- Mosul/‘Mespila’? connection Tigris/Diglitus (river) (unspecified date range)
- Nimrud located near Tigris/Diglitus (river) (unspecified date range)
- Nineveh/Ninos located on Tigris/Diglitus (river) (unspecified date range)
- Opis connection Tigris/Diglitus (river) (unspecified date range)
- Parthenias/Nymphios (river) flows into Tigris/Diglitus (river) (unspecified date range)
- Seleucia/Sliq Kharawta connection Tigris/Diglitus (river) (unspecified date range)
- Shaur/Choaspes?/Eulaeus?/Uknu? (river) connection Tigris/Diglitus (river) (unspecified date range)
- Sittace located near Tigris/Diglitus (river) (unspecified date range)
- Tarbiṣu located near Tigris/Diglitus (river) (1000 BC - 540 BC)
- Temple of Aššur at Assur located near Tigris/Diglitus (river) (2335 BC - 540 BC)
- Zabas Megas (river) flows into Tigris/Diglitus (river) (unspecified date range)
- Zabas Mikros/Kapros?/Zerbis? (river) flows into Tigris/Diglitus (river) (unspecified date range)
- ‘Diabas’/Turnat (river) flows into Tigris/Diglitus (river) (unspecified date range)
river, drainage
- Evidence:
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- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 93 C1 Tigris/Diglitus fl.
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Tigris
A. Hausleiter, M. Roaf, St J. Simpson, R. Wenke, Brady Kiesling, P. Flensted Jensen, Jeffrey Becker, W. Röllig, Tom Elliott, H. Kopp, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, B. Siewert-Mayer, Francis Deblauwe, and Eric Kansa, 'Tigris/Diglitus (river): a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2024 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/912964> [accessed: 23 December 2024]
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