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Mesopotamia

a Pleiades name resource

Creators: M. Roaf, T. Sinclair, S.E. Kroll, St J. Simpson

Contributors: R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker

Last modified Aug 18, 2024 07:41 PM — History

Romanized Name(s):
Mesopotamia

Name as attested:

Mesopotamia

Language:
Latin

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:

Archaic (Greco-Roman; 750-550 BCE/BC) (confident)
Classical (Greco-Roman; 550 BC-330 BC) (confident)
Hellenistic Greek, Roman Republic (330 BC-30 BC) (confident)
Roman, early Empire (30 BC-AD 300) (confident)
Late Antique (AD 300-AD 640) (confident)

References:

Evidence:

Initial Provenance:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 89 B3 Mesopotamia

Details: