Umm el-Jimal
a Pleiades
name
resource
Creators: Tom Elliott
Creators: Tom Elliott
Contributors:
Michael Satlow, Gaia Lembi
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Last modified
Dec 04, 2016 04:57 PM
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History
Umm el-Jimal, Umm al-Jimal
أم الجمال
Arabic
geographic name
accurate
complete
Certain
- Modern (AD 1700-Present) (confident)
- Evidence:
Pleiades
The fort Umm el-Jimal lies here: 32.327283, 36.371736. To the west, next to the fort is a drinking water tank. See : https://www.academia.edu/36460570/SEVERAN_CASTRA_TETRARCHIC_QUADRIBURGIA_JUSTINIAN_COENOBIA_AND_GHASSANID_DIYARAT_PATTERNS_OF_TRANSFORMATION_OF_LIMES_ARABICUS_FORTS_DURING_LATE_ANTIQUITY._CH.9.Roman_Military_Architecture_on_the_Frontiers_Armies_and_Their_Architecture_in_Late_Antiquity_2015_