Iordanes (river)
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: B. Isaac
Creators: B. Isaac
Contributors:
Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, W. Röllig, Tom Elliott, H. Kopp, R. Talbert, B. Siewert-Mayer, Enes Yılandiloğlu, Francis Deblauwe, Eric Kansa
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Iordanes fl. (the Jordan river).
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/687932
32.3570487292, 35.5643509456
- Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Jordan River course (modern) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- Fl. Iordanis (Flumen Jordanis: Latin, AD 1099 - AD 1291)
- Iordanes amnis (Latin, 30 BC - AD 300)
- Iordanēs (Ancient Greek, 540 BC - AD 640)
- Jordan (German, 2000 BC - AD 2000)
- Nahr al-Urdunn (Modern Standard Arabic, 3300 BC - AD 2000)
- Nehr-i Ürdün (Ottoman Turkish, AD 1500 - AD 1599)
- Y-r-d-n (Ancient; writing system unspecified Egyptian, 1344 BC - 1212 BC)
- Yardẹn (Ancient Hebrew, 1200 BC - AD 850)
- al-Urdun (720 BC - 540 BC)
- al-Urdunn (Modern Standard Arabic, 18000 BC - AD 2000)
- ha-Yardẹn (Ancient Hebrew, 720 BC - 540 BC)
- ha-Yardẹn (Modern Hebrew, 720 BC - 540 BC)
- ha-Yardẹn (Ancient Hebrew, 720 BC - 540 BC)
- yrdn (Canaanite, 540 BC - 330 BC)
- Iordanes (river) flows into Mortuum Mare/Asphaltitis Limne (unspecified date range)
- Damiya Roman Bridge crosses Iordanes (river) (unspecified date range)
- Gesher located near Iordanes (river) (10000 BC - 1400 BC)
- Hieromyces (river) connection Iordanes (river) (unspecified date range)
- Iabakchos (river) flows into Iordanes (river) (unspecified date range)
- Jericho connection Iordanes (river) (unspecified date range)
- Scythopolis/Nysa connection Iordanes (river) (unspecified date range)
- Tell Abu en-Ni'aj located near Iordanes (river) (3300 BC - 2000 BC)
- Tiberiadis Mare/Gennesar Lacus connection Iordanes (river) (unspecified date range)
river, drainage
- Evidence:
- See Further:
- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 70 H2 Iordanes fl.
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Jordan
B. Isaac, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, W. Röllig, Tom Elliott, H. Kopp, R. Talbert, B. Siewert-Mayer, Enes Yılandiloğlu, Francis Deblauwe, and Eric Kansa, 'Iordanes (river): a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2026 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/687932> [accessed: 16 July 2026]
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