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Birtha

a Pleiades name resource

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Romanized Name(s):
Birtha

Name as attested:

Βίρθα

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:

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)

References:

Evidence:

Amm. Marc. 20.7.17
Ptol. 5.18

See Further:

W. Smith, Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, s.v. Birtha

Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

Details:

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