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(Ris)Kepha(s)

a Pleiades place resource

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

Contributors: R. Talbert, Jeffrey Becker, Carolin Johansson, Tom Elliott, DARMC, Sean Gillies, Rob Chavez, Rune Rattenborg

Last modified Apr 21, 2025 11:01 PM — History

tags: dare:ancient=1, dare:major=1, dare:feature=major fort

An ancient place, cited: BAtlas 89 D3 (Ris)Kepha(s)

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/874664

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
37.7133435, 41.41427245

Locations:

Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Eski Hasankeyf (unspecified date range) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
- Less than certain: CIGS location of Hasankeyf (unspecified date range) accuracy: +/- 5 meters.

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Hasankeyf (Turkish, modern)
- Kepha (AD 300 - AD 640)
- Kephas (AD 300 - AD 640)
- Riskepha (AD 300 - AD 640)
- Riskephas (AD 300 - AD 640)

(Ris)Kepha(s) makes connections with:

None

(Ris)Kepha(s) receives connections from:

None

Place type:
fort

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Initial Provenance:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 89 D3 (Ris)Kepha(s)

Details:

The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Hasankeyf

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Suggested citation:
M. Roaf, T. Sinclair, S.E. Kroll, St J. Simpson, R. Talbert, Jeffrey Becker, Carolin Johansson, Tom Elliott, DARMC, Sean Gillies, Rob Chavez, and Rune Rattenborg, '(Ris)Kepha(s): a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/874664> [accessed: 23 June 2025]

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            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/874664 |title=Places: 874664 ((Ris)Kepha(s)) |author=Roaf, M., T. Sinclair, S. Kroll, St J. Simpson |accessdate=June 23, 2025 8:21 am |publisher=Pleiades}}

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(Ris)Kepha(s)