Hiera

a Pleiades name resource

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The name given by Pliny to the Santorini islands, from which the modern name Thera derives.

Romanized Name(s):
Hiera

Name as attested:

Language:
Akkadian

Name type:
geographic name

Accuracy of transcription:
accurate

Level of transcription completeness:
complete

Level of certainty in association between name and the place:
Certain

Temporal attestations:

Classical (Greco-Roman; 550 BC-330 BC) (confident)

References:

Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

Details: