Pikrai Limnai
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: A. Bernand Copyright © The Creators. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Creators: A. Bernand Copyright © The Creators. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Last modified
Jul 08, 2025 11:22 AM
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History
The compilers of the Barrington Atlas associate this place named "Pikrai Limnai" with Lake Timsah, a lake also known as "Crocodile Lake". Lake Timsah is located approximately nine miles (14 km) from the Bitter Lakes.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/727204
30.5735199638, 32.2902953042
- Associated Modern Locations:
- OSM location of Lake Timsah (AD 2000 - AD 2099) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- Pikrai Limnai (550 BC - AD 300)
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- Lake Timsah (English, modern)
- None
- Pikrai Limnai located southeast of Pikrai Limnai (unspecified date range)
lake
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 74 G4 Pikrai Limnai
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Lake Timsah
A. Bernand, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Pikrai Limnai: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/727204> [accessed: 13 November 2025]
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