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Ptolemais

a Pleiades name resource

Creators: D.J. Mattingly

Contributors: R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker

Last modified Jun 07, 2024 04:24 PM — History

Romanized Name(s):
Ptolemais

Name as attested:

Πτολεμαΐς

Language:
Greek (ancient)

Name type:
geographic name

Accuracy of transcription:
accurate

Level of transcription completeness:
complete

Level of certainty in association between name and the place:
Certain

Temporal attestations:

Archaic (Greco-Roman; 750-550 BCE/BC) (confident)
Classical (Greco-Roman; 550 BC-330 BC) (confident)
Hellenistic Greek, Roman Republic (330 BC-30 BC) (confident)
Roman, early Empire (30 BC-AD 300) (confident)
Late Antique (AD 300-AD 640) (confident)

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Evidence:

Citation:

Initial Provenance:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 38 B1 Ptolemais/Barkes Limen

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