Jebel al-ʾAqraʿ
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: J.P. Brown, P.-L. Gatier
Creators: J.P. Brown, P.-L. Gatier
Contributors:
Brady Kiesling, R. Talbert, R. Warner, Jeffrey Becker, Sean Gillies, Jamie Novotny, Tom Elliott
Copyright © The Creators. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Last modified
Nov 21, 2021 07:15 PM
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History
This mountain, which lies on the modern border between Syria and Turkey, has a long history as a sacred site.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/668224
35.9520301, 35.9691563
- Representative Locations:
- location of Cas(s)ius M. (modern) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- Casius M. (330 BC - AD 640)
- Cassius M. (330 BC - AD 640)
- Κάσιον ὄρος (Kasion oros: Ancient Greek, 30 BC - AD 300)
- Ṣapūna (Akkadian, 1000 BC - 720 BC)
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mountain
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 68 A2 Cas(s)ius M.
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Jebel el-Akra TKY
Not to be confused with the Casius Mons that marked the boundary between Syria and Egypt in Herodotus' worldview.
J.P. Brown, P.-L. Gatier, Brady Kiesling, R. Talbert, R. Warner, Jeffrey Becker, Sean Gillies, Jamie Novotny, and Tom Elliott, 'Jebel al-ʾAqraʿ: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2021 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/668224> [accessed: 27 April 2024]
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