Barke
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: D.J. Mattingly
Creators: D.J. Mattingly
Contributors:
Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, DARMC, R. Talbert, R. Scott Smith, Greta Hawes, Enes Yılandiloğlu
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An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 38 B1 Barke
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/373750
32.4996533333, 20.8717433333
- Representative Locations:
- DARMC location 11660 (550 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.
- DARE Location (550 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 100 meters.
- DARMC location 34898 (550 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.
- Barke part of (regional) Cyrenaica (region) (unspecified date range)
- Barke founded by Cyrene (750 BC - 330 BC)
- Barke part of (regional) Pentapolis (unspecified date range)
- Barke located on Untitled (30 BC - AD 300)
- Less than certain: Arsinoe/Taucheira part of (administrative) Barke (550 BC - 330 BC)
- Ptolemais/Barkes Limen port of Barke (550 BC - 330 BC)
settlement
- Evidence:
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- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 38 B1 Barke
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: el-Merg/al-Marj
D.J. Mattingly, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, DARMC, R. Talbert, R. Scott Smith, Greta Hawes, and Enes Yılandiloğlu, 'Barke: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2026 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/373750> [accessed: 14 May 2026]
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