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Oreitae/Nearti

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: M.U. Erdosy

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

Last modified Dec 03, 2025 09:43 AM — History

An ancient people dwelling on the coast of Gedrosia, and encountered by Alexander the Great during his march from the Indus River to Persia.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/59956

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
25.9272668733, 66.8397039379

Locations:

Representative Locations:
- BAtlas Map Label Location (330 BC - AD 300) accuracy: +/- 9310 meters.

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Aboritae (unspecified date range)
- Abortae (Latin, 30 BC - AD 300)
- Nearti (unspecified date range)
- Noritae (330 BC - AD 300)
- Ὠρεῖται (Oreitae: Ancient Greek, 330 BC - AD 300)
- Oreitidoi (Ancient Greek, 330 BC - 30 BC)
- Oroi (330 BC - 30 BC)

Oreitae/Nearti makes connections with:

None

Oreitae/Nearti receives connections from:

None

Place type:
map label location, people, tribe (historical cultural group)

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Evidence:

See Further:

Initial Provenance:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 6 B4 Oreitae/Nearti

Details:

The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Makran coast, between Ras Malan and R. Arabis PAK

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Suggested citation:
M.U. Erdosy, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Ryan Horne, Jeffrey Becker, Richard Talbert, and Tom Elliott, 'Oreitae/Nearti: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/59956> [accessed: 06 December 2025]

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            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/59956 |title=Places: 59956 (Oreitae/Nearti) |author=Erdosy, M. |accessdate=December 6, 2025 12:41 am |publisher=Pleiades}}

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