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Gaza

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: B. Isaac

Contributors: R. Talbert, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, W. Röllig, Jamie Novotny, Tom Elliott, H. Kopp, DARMC, Sean Gillies, B. Siewert-Mayer, Francis Deblauwe, Eric Kansa

Last modified Oct 15, 2023 11:19 PM — History

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

An important ancient settlement on the coast of Palestine.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/687902

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
31.5202095, 34.451719

Locations:

Representative Locations:
- DARMC location 6446 (330 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.
- DARE Location (330 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 100 meters.

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Col. G. (Georgian, 30 BC - AD 300)
- Colonia G. (Georgian, 30 BC - AD 300)
- Γάζα (Gaza: Ancient Greek, 330 BC - AD 640)
- Gaza (Georgian, 720 BC - AD 1291)
- Hasutu (Akkadian, 720 BC - 540 BC)
- Hazatu (Akkadian, 1344 BC - 540 BC)
- Haziti (Akkadian, 720 BC - 540 BC)
- Hazitti (Akkadian, 720 BC - 540 BC)
- Hazzatu (Akkadian, 1000 BC - 330 BC)
- Hazzutu (Akkadian, 1000 BC - 720 BC)
- Kadytis (Ancient Greek, unspecified date range)
- Kardytos (Ancient Greek, 540 BC - 330 BC)
- Ġazza (Modern Standard Arabic, 3300 BC - AD 2000)
- Ġazzat (540 BC - 30 BC)
- ʿAzza (720 BC - 540 BC)
- ʿAzzȧ (Ancient Hebrew, 1200 BC - AD 640)
- ʿAzzȧ (Ancient Hebrew, 1200 BC - AD 640)
Ethnic Names:
- Hazatāja (Akkadian, 1000 BC - 540 BC)
- Hazzatāja (Akkadian, 1000 BC - 720 BC)

Gaza makes connections with:

Gaza part of (administrative) Philistia (region) (1200 BC - 550 BC)

Gaza receives connections from:

S. Porphyrius connection Gaza (unspecified date range)

Place type:
settlement, port

References:

See Further:

Related:

Initial Provenance:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 70 E2 Gaza

Details:

The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: el Ghazze/Gaza GAZ

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Suggested citation:
B. Isaac, R. Talbert, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, W. Röllig, Jamie Novotny, Tom Elliott, H. Kopp, DARMC, Sean Gillies, B. Siewert-Mayer, Francis Deblauwe, and Eric Kansa, 'Gaza: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2023 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/687902> [accessed: 19 April 2024]

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            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/687902 |title=Places: 687902 (Gaza) |author=Isaac, B. |accessdate=April 19, 2024 3:41 am |publisher=Pleiades}}

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