Pleiades Updates for 1 April 2022
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Five recently created and 8 updated place resources have been added to CSV and JSON downloads this morning and will be reflected in the next weekly RDF export (on Sunday).
New/updated place resources:
- Callatis
A Greek colony and port on the west coast of the Black Sea, modern Mangalia in Romania.
Place resource created by A.G. Poulter (BAtlas 22 F5 Callatis) with additional contributions by DARMC, R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, and Tom Elliott.
Last modified Apr 01, 2022 07:37 AM: updated summary and references - Deultum
An ancient settlement, modern Debelt in Bulgaria.
Place resource created by A.G. Poulter (BAtlas 22 E6 Deultum) with additional contributions by with additional contributions by DARMC, R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, and Tom Elliott.
Last modified Apr 01, 2022 06:12 AM: updated references - Documaci tumulus
Elite tomb structure constructed in the late 4th-early 3rd century BCE near the Hellenistic settlement of Callatis.
Place resource created by Gabriel McKee (Pleiades).
Last modified Mar 31, 2022 01:36 PM: created - House L7-H
Private house at Dura-Europos later adapted for use as synagogue phase 1.
Place resource created by Anne Chen (Pleiades) with additional contributions by Jeffrey Becker and Tom Elliott.
Last modified Mar 31, 2022 11:30 AM: updated references and summary - Kolymbarion Akron
A promontory on the northeast coast of Sardinia, listed by Ptolemy. Its modern name is Capo Figari.
Place resource created by S.L. Dyson (BAtlas 48 B2 Kolymbarion Akron) with additional contributions by R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, and Jeffrey Becker.
Last modified Mar 31, 2022 09:16 AM: updated summary and created modern name - Numeira
Archaeological site on the eastern shore of the Dead Sea with signs of habitation dated to the Early Bronze Age.
Place resource created by Gabriel McKee (Pleiades).
Last modified Mar 31, 2022 06:35 AM: created - Synagogue phase 2
Renovation of the synagogue at Dura-Europos c. 244 CE. The date for the renovation and expansion of the Synagogue (phase 2) is based on Aramaic inscriptions painted on decorative ceiling tiles from the building's assembly hall.
Place resource created by Anne Chen (Pleiades) with additional contributions by Jeffrey Becker and Tom Elliott.
Last modified Mar 31, 2022 11:36 AM: corrected typo in summary - Tomis
Tomis was founded as a Greek colony on the Black Sea coast ca. 600 B.C.
Place resource created by A.G. Poulter (BAtlas 22 F4 Tomis) with additional contributions by DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, and Tom Elliott.
Last modified Mar 31, 2022 10:49 PM: added modern Romanian name Constanța - Unnamed road sequence: Deultum to Argamum
Deultum → Anchialus → Odessus → Dionysopolis → Tirizis → Callatis → Tomis → Histria → Argamum → E
Place resource created by A.G. Poulter (BAtlas 22) with additional contributions by R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, and Tom Elliott.
Last modified Apr 01, 2022 07:45 AM: updated references - Villa Romana Baláca
The site of a Roman villa that was discovered in 1904 in the Balácapuszta field of Vámos village in western Hungary.
Place resource created by Jeffrey Becker (Pleiades).
Last modified Mar 31, 2022 01:36 PM: created - Welzheim
At the modern town of Welzheim in the Rems-Murr district of Baden-Württemberg, Germany, a complex of two Roman forts with associated settlement (vicus) have been documented.
Place resource created by H. Bender (BAtlas 12 C4 Welzheim) with additional contributions by DARMC, R. Talbert, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, G. Moosbauer, M. Puhane, and Sean Gillies.
Last modified Mar 31, 2022 10:07 PM: updated summary and place type - Welzheim: Ostkastell
One of two Roman forts located at modern Welzheim in Germany, the excavated remains of the "Ostkastell" are largely preserved. The west gate and a portion of the associated defensive wall was reconstructed in the 1970s.
Place resource created by Tom Elliott (Pleiades) with additional contributions by Nina Willburger.
Last modified Mar 31, 2022 10:08 PM: created - Welzheim: Westkastell
One of two Roman forts located at modern Welzheim in Germany, the site of the "Westkastell" is largely overbuilt with modern structures today.
Place resource created by Tom Elliott (Pleiades).
Last modified Mar 31, 2022 10:06 PM: created