Artaxata
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: M. Roaf, T. Sinclair, S.E. Kroll, St J. Simpson
Creators: M. Roaf, T. Sinclair, S.E. Kroll, St J. Simpson
Contributors:
DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, Chris de Lisle
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Last modified
Jul 04, 2024 07:36 PM
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History
An ancient city located on and around the hills known today as Khor Virap. This location is near the Armenian village of Lusarat, which is about 8 km south of modern Artashat.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/874361
39.8818755331, 44.5751884575
- Representative Locations:
- OSM Location: Khor Virap (330 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
- Artaxata located on Araxes (river) (unspecified date range)
- Artaxata part of (regional) Armenia (region) (unspecified date range)
- Filadelfia next place in route Artaxata (unspecified date range)
settlement, hill
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 89 G1 Artaxata
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: peninsula in R. Aras, near Aralik ARM
M. Roaf, T. Sinclair, S.E. Kroll, St J. Simpson, DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, and Chris de Lisle, 'Artaxata: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2024 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/874361> [accessed: 21 November 2024]
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