Borsippa/Burs
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: M. Roaf, St J. Simpson
Creators: M. Roaf, St J. Simpson
Contributors:
R. Talbert, Carolin Johansson, W. Röllig, Tom Elliott, H. Kopp, DARMC, Jeffrey Becker, Sean Gillies, B. Siewert-Mayer, Rune Rattenborg, Francis Deblauwe, Eric Kansa
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Feb 02, 2023 12:09 PM
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History
An ancient city of Sumer southwest of Babylon on the east bank of the Euphrates. Modern Birs Nimrūd in Iraq.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/893964
32.3924, 44.3434
- Representative Locations:
- CIGS location of Birs Nimrūd (unspecified date range) accuracy: +/- 5 meters.
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- Barsipa (Akkadian, 2000 BC - 330 BC)
- Barsippa (Ancient Greek, AD 500 - AD 650)
- Barzeb (Akkadian, 2335 BC - 2000 BC)
- Birs Nimrud (2000 BC - 650 BC)
- Birs Nimrūd (Modern Standard Arabic, 2335 BC - 540 BC)
- برس نمرود (Birs Nimrūd: Arabic, modern)
- Borsippa (750 BC - AD 640)
- Borsippa (Ancient Greek, 540 BC - AD 640)
- Burs (750 BC - AD 640)
- Burs (Modern Standard Arabic, AD 632 - AD 1335)
- Šušān (Aramaic, unspecified date range)
- Borsippa/Burs part of (administrative) Seleucid Empire (330 BC - 30 BC)
- Eurmeiminanki located at Borsippa/Burs (unspecified date range)
- Ezida located at Borsippa/Burs (unspecified date range)
settlement, archaeological site
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 91 F5 Borsippa/Burs
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Birs Nimrud
M. Roaf, St J. Simpson, R. Talbert, Carolin Johansson, W. Röllig, Tom Elliott, H. Kopp, DARMC, Jeffrey Becker, Sean Gillies, B. Siewert-Mayer, Rune Rattenborg, Francis Deblauwe, and Eric Kansa, 'Borsippa/Burs: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2023 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/893964> [accessed: 26 December 2024]
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