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Ake/Ptolemais

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: E.M. Meyers, J.P. Brown

Contributors: Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jen Thum, Jeffrey Becker, Jamie Novotny, H. Kopp, Herbert Verreth, B. Siewert-Mayer, Noah Kaye, Mark Depauw, R. Talbert, Johan Åhlfeldt, Adam Prins, W. Röllig, Tom Elliott, DARMC, Francis Deblauwe, Eric Kansa

Last modified Jan 09, 2024 10:33 PM — History

tags: dare:ancient=1, dare:major=1, dare:feature=major settlement, UWHS

The Phoenician city of Akko was re-founded by Ptolemy II Philadelphos from ca. 285-246 B.C.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/678010

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
32.92128675, 35.079835

Locations:

Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Tel Akko (2000 BC - AD 2000) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
- DARE Location (330 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 100 meters.

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Acca (unspecified date range)
- Accon (Georgian, 1200 BC - AD 1291)
- Acre (French, AD 1099 - AD 1291)
- Ake (330 BC - AD 640)
- Akka (Akkadian, 1344 BC - 1212 BC)
- Akkon (German, unspecified date range)
- Akkû (Akkadian, 720 BC - 540 BC)
- Akē (Ancient Greek, 540 BC - AD 300)
- Antiocheia (Ancient Greek, 330 BC - 140 BC)
- Antiocheia Ptolemais (Ancient Greek, 330 BC - 140 BC)
- Col. Claudia (Nerōnia) C. Pt. (Georgian, 30 BC - AD 226)
- Colonia Claudia (Nerōnia) Caes. (Georgian, 30 BC - AD 226)
- Colonia Claudia Caes. P. (30 BC - AD 300)
- Colonia Claudia Caes. Ptol. (Georgian, 140 BC - AD 640)
- Ptolemais (330 BC - AD 640)
- Ptolemais (Ancient Greek, 540 BC - AD 640)
- Πτολεμαΐς (Ptolemaïs: Ancient Greek, 140 BC - AD 640)
- Ptolemaǐs (AD 300 - AD 640)
- Saint Jean d'Acre (Old French, AD 1099 - AD 1291)
- Tall al-Faḫḫār (1344 BC - 1212 BC)
- Tall al-Fuḫḫār (Modern Standard Arabic, 2000 BC - 540 BC)
- ʿAkka (AD 1258 - AD 1335)
- תל עכו (ʿAkko: Ancient Hebrew, 2600000 BC - AD 2000)
- ʿAkko (Modern Hebrew, 2600000 BC - AD 2000)
- ʿAkkā (Modern Standard Arabic, 1344 BC - AD 2000)

Ake/Ptolemais makes connections with:

Ake/Ptolemais part of (administrative) Sidon/Col. Aurelia Pia (720 BC - 540 BC)

Ake/Ptolemais receives connections from:

Re-Buried Hellenistic Temple and Workshops located at Ake/Ptolemais (unspecified date range)

Place type:
settlement

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Evidence:

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Initial Provenance:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 69 B4 Ake/Ptolemais

Details:

The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Tell Acco ISR

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Suggested citation:
E.M. Meyers, J.P. Brown, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jen Thum, Jeffrey Becker, Jamie Novotny, H. Kopp, Herbert Verreth, B. Siewert-Mayer, Noah Kaye, Mark Depauw, R. Talbert, Johan Åhlfeldt, Adam Prins, W. Röllig, Tom Elliott, DARMC, Francis Deblauwe, and Eric Kansa, 'Ake/Ptolemais: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2024 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/678010> [accessed: 18 December 2024]

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            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/678010 |title=Places: 678010 (Ake/Ptolemais) |author=Meyers, E., J. Brown |accessdate=December 18, 2024 12:41 pm |publisher=Pleiades}}

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