Skirtos (river)
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: T. Sinclair, P.-L. Gatier Copyright © The Creators. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Creators: T. Sinclair, P.-L. Gatier Copyright © The Creators. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Last modified
Jul 12, 2024 04:47 PM
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History
An ancient river that flowed by Edessa (modern Şanlıurfa in Turkey) and into the Euphrates. Much of its modern course is now diverted or built over, although ancient water gates and pools associated with the river are still extant in the southern portion of the ancient city of Edessa.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/658602
- Edessa/Antiochia ad Callirhoem located on Skirtos (river) (unspecified date range)
river, drainage
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 67 H2 Skirtos fl.
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Kara Koyun
T. Sinclair, P.-L. Gatier, M. Ballance, R. Talbert, R. Warner, Jeffrey Becker, Sean Gillies, and Tom Elliott, 'Skirtos (river): a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2024 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/658602> [accessed: 27 July 2024]
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