Manṣuāte

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: Claudia Horst

Contributors: Jeffrey Becker, Jamie Novotny

Last modified Apr 28, 2025 09:27 AM — History

tags: ANE

A town mentioned in Neo-Assyrian sources; the name of the place in Egyptian sources is Mnḏt. Manṣuāte is probably to be identified with modern Maṣyāf (Maṣyāt).

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/708431251

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
35.0662424, 36.343313

Locations:

Associated Modern Locations:
- OSM location of Masyaf (modern) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Mannuṣuāte (Akkadian, 720 BC - 540 BC)
- Manṣuā (Akkadian, 720 BC - 540 BC)
- Manṣuāte (Akkadian, 1000 BC - 540 BC)
- Manṣū (Akkadian, 720 BC - 540 BC)
- Maṣyāf (Arabic, modern)

Manṣuāte makes connections with:

None

Manṣuāte receives connections from:

None

Place type:
settlement, settlement-modern

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Related:

Wikidata Masyaf (Q825818)

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Suggested citation:
Claudia Horst, Jeffrey Becker, and Jamie Novotny, 'Manṣuāte: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/708431251> [accessed: 21 June 2025]

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            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/708431251 |title=Places: 708431251 (Manṣuāte) |author=Horst, C. |accessdate=June 21, 2025 1:22 pm |publisher=Pleiades}}