Ras el-'Ain
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: E.M. Meyers, J.P. Brown Copyright © The Creators. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Creators: E.M. Meyers, J.P. Brown Copyright © The Creators. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Last modified
Jul 30, 2020 01:01 PM
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History
An ancient settlement in the southern part of modern Lebanon, known by various names in antiquity.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/678323
33.23657, 35.219993
- Representative Locations:
- DARMC location 14094 (550 BC - AD 300) accuracy: +/- 100 meters.
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- Palaityros (550 BC - AD 300)
- رأس العين (Ras el-'Ain: Arabic, modern)
- Ušû (Akkadian, 720 BC - 540 BC)
- Ras el-'Ain part of (administrative) Sidon/Col. Aurelia Pia (720 BC - 540 BC)
- Ras el-'Ain part of (physical/topographic) Tyrus/Col. Septimia Severa (720 BC - 540 BC)
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settlement
- Evidence:
- See Further:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 69 B3 Palaityros
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Ras el-'Ain LEB
E.M. Meyers, J.P. Brown, DARMC, R. Talbert, Jeffrey Becker, Sean Gillies, Jamie Novotny, and Tom Elliott, 'Ras el-'Ain: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2020 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/678323> [accessed: 21 November 2024]
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