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Hippuri Pr.

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: M.U. Erdosy

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

Last modified Oct 27, 2022 06:55 AM — History

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 5 inset Hippuri Pr.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/50000

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
8.533333, 79.866667

Locations:

Representative Locations:
- GeoHack location of Kudiramalai (modern) accuracy: +/- 2000 meters.

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Hippuri Pr. (30 BC - AD 640)

Hippuri Pr. makes connections with:

Hippuri Pr. connection Sri Lanka (unspecified date range)

Hippuri Pr. receives connections from:

None

Place type:
cape, promontory

References:

Evidence:

Plin., NH (Mayhoff: PHI) 6.84.6

See Further:

Initial Provenance:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 5 inset Hippuri Pr.

Details:

The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Kudrimalai Point, on Puttalam Bay Tamil: Kutiraimalai, “horse-mountain” SRI

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Suggested citation:
M.U. Erdosy, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Hippuri Pr.: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2022 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/50000> [accessed: 21 November 2024]

Cite this resource in Wikipedia:

            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/50000 |title=Places: 50000 (Hippuri Pr.) |author=Erdosy, M. |accessdate=November 21, 2024 11:53 am |publisher=Pleiades}}

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