Mortuum Mare/Asphaltitis Limne
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: S.T. Parker
Creators: S.T. Parker
Contributors:
R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Francis Deblauwe, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott
Copyright © The Creators. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Last modified
May 26, 2025 08:09 PM
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History
The modern "Dead Sea", which is bordered by Israel, Jordan, and the West Bank.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/697709
31.5113116065, 35.4870544069
- Associated Modern Locations:
- OSM location of Dead Sea (AD 2000 - AD 2099) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- Asphaltitis lacus (Asphaltitis L.: Latin, 30 BC - AD 300)
- ἀσφαλτῖτις λίμνη (Asphaltitis Limne: Ancient Greek, 30 BC - AD 300)
- Dead Sea (English, modern)
- Mortuum Mare (unspecified date range)
- Salt Sea (English, modern)
- θάλασσα Νεκρὰ (ἡ) (thalassa nekra: Ancient Greek, 30 BC - AD 300)
- None
- Iordanes (river) flows into Mortuum Mare/Asphaltitis Limne (unspecified date range)
- Masada located near Mortuum Mare/Asphaltitis Limne (unspecified date range)
- Moab (kingdom) abuts Mortuum Mare/Asphaltitis Limne (1000 BC - 540 BC)
water, open, lake
- Evidence:
- See Further:
- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 71 A2 Mortuum Mare/Asphaltitis L.
Dead Sea
S.T. Parker, R. Talbert, Brady Kiesling, Sean Gillies, Francis Deblauwe, Jeffrey Becker, and Tom Elliott, 'Mortuum Mare/Asphaltitis Limne: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/697709> [accessed: 19 June 2025]
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