Chorsia

a Pleiades place resource

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

Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker

Last modified Aug 11, 2023 10:37 AM — History

tags: dare:ancient=1, dare:feature=settlement, dare:major=0

Site of an ancient settlement on the east coast of the Sea of Galilee (at modern Kursi) where port facilities, inscriptions, and a Byzantine monastery have been surveyed or excavated.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/678093

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
32.824024, 35.649291

Locations:

Representative Locations:
- DARMC location 12017 (30 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Chorsia (30 BC - AD 640)
- Gergesa (30 BC - AD 640)
- כורסי (Kursi: Modern Hebrew)

Chorsia makes connections with:

None

Chorsia receives connections from:

Kursi paleochristian basilica located at Chorsia (unspecified date range)

Place type:
settlement

References:

See Further:

Initial Provenance:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 69 C4 Chorsia

Details:

The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Kursi ISR

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Suggested citation:
E.M. Meyers, J.P. Brown, DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Chorsia: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2023 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/678093> [accessed: 24 May 2025]

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            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/678093 |title=Places: 678093 (Chorsia) |author=Meyers, E., J. Brown |accessdate=May 24, 2025 2:52 am |publisher=Pleiades}}