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Avatha

a Pleiades place resource

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Avatha (al-Bakhra') is the site of a Late Roman and early Islamic fort that is located south of Palmyra. The fort was originally a Tetrarchic establishment that housed an auxiliary cavalry unit. The fort was modified and expanded during the Umayyad period.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/7591735

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
34.3662454797, 38.2442032501

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Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Avatha (unspecified date range) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.

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Geographic Names:
- Avatha (Latin, AD 300 - AD 640)

Avatha makes connections with:

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Avatha receives connections from:

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Place type:
fort

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Evidence:

EDH HD053031

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Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

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Suggested citation:
Jeffrey Becker, 'Avatha: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2023 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/7591735> [accessed: 30 April 2024]

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            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/7591735 |title=Places: 7591735 (Avatha) |author=Becker, J. |accessdate=April 30, 2024 11:36 pm |publisher=Pleiades}}

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