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D(o)ura/Europos

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: M. Roaf, St J. Simpson

Contributors: Faith Lubeck, Brady Kiesling, R. Talbert, Rajas Pradhan, Jeffrey Becker, Carolin Johansson, Adam Rabinowitz, Tom Elliott, DARMC, Kali Kocian, Sean Gillies, Anne Chen, Jeffery Mayfield, Rune Rattenborg

Last modified Oct 28, 2024 06:37 AM — History

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

An ancient settlement on the Euphrates river in modern Syria.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/893990

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
34.747886619, 40.7298703605

Locations:

Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Dura-Europos (330 BC - AD 300) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
- CIGS location of Dūrā Awrubūs (unspecified date range) accuracy: +/- 5 meters.

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Δοῦρα (Doura: Ancient Greek, 30 BC - AD 300)
- Dura (Latin, 30 BC - AD 300)
- Dura-Europos (English, AD 1900 - AD 2099)
- Dura-Europus (English, AD 1900 - AD 2099)
- دورا أوربوس (Dūrā Awrubūs: Arabic, modern)
- Εὐρωπός (Europos: Ancient Greek, 30 BC - AD 300)
- Europos-Doura (French, AD 2000 - AD 2099)
- Europus (Latin, 330 BC - AD 300)

D(o)ura/Europos makes connections with:

D(o)ura/Europos located on Euphrates (river) (unspecified date range)

D(o)ura/Europos receives connections from:

Block X4 located at D(o)ura/Europos (unspecified date range)
Block X5 located at D(o)ura/Europos (unspecified date range)
Block X6 located at D(o)ura/Europos (unspecified date range)
Block X7 located at D(o)ura/Europos (unspecified date range)
Block X8 located at D(o)ura/Europos (unspecified date range)
Block X9 located at D(o)ura/Europos (unspecified date range)
Building (Temple?) West of The Principia Court (Rooms E7-20, E7-21, E7-22, E7-37, E7-38, E7-39, E7-40) located at D(o)ura/Europos (unspecified date range)
C Street located at D(o)ura/Europos (unspecified date range)
Camp Wall located at D(o)ura/Europos (unspecified date range)
Christian House Church located at D(o)ura/Europos (unspecified date range)
Citadel Fortification of Dura-Europos located at D(o)ura/Europos (unspecified date range)
Citadel of Dura-Europos located at D(o)ura/Europos (unspecified date range)
City Wall of Dura-Europos part of (physical/topographic) D(o)ura/Europos (200 BC - AD 300)
D Street located at D(o)ura/Europos (unspecified date range)
E Street located at D(o)ura/Europos (unspecified date range)
E5 Barracks located at D(o)ura/Europos (unspecified date range)
E6 Barracks located at D(o)ura/Europos (unspecified date range)
Early Mithraeum located at D(o)ura/Europos (unspecified date range)
F Street located at D(o)ura/Europos (unspecified date range)
F5 Barracks located at D(o)ura/Europos (unspecified date range)
F7 Barracks located at D(o)ura/Europos (unspecified date range)
G Street located at D(o)ura/Europos (unspecified date range)
H Street located at D(o)ura/Europos (unspecified date range)
House D1 located at D(o)ura/Europos (AD 200 - AD 299)
House H2-D located at D(o)ura/Europos (unspecified date range)
House J1-A located at D(o)ura/Europos (unspecified date range)
House K5-A located at D(o)ura/Europos (unspecified date range)
House L7-H located at D(o)ura/Europos (unspecified date range)
House M8-A located at D(o)ura/Europos (unspecified date range)
House X7-A located at D(o)ura/Europos (unspecified date range)
House X7-B located at D(o)ura/Europos (unspecified date range)
I Street located at D(o)ura/Europos (unspecified date range)
J Street located at D(o)ura/Europos (unspecified date range)
J1 Barracks located at D(o)ura/Europos (unspecified date range)
J2 Barracks located at D(o)ura/Europos (unspecified date range)
J3 Barracks located at D(o)ura/Europos (unspecified date range)
J4 Barracks located at D(o)ura/Europos (unspecified date range)
J6 Barracks located at D(o)ura/Europos (unspecified date range)
J7 Barracks located at D(o)ura/Europos (unspecified date range)
J8 Barracks located at D(o)ura/Europos (unspecified date range)
K Street located at D(o)ura/Europos (unspecified date range)
K3 Barracks located at D(o)ura/Europos (unspecified date range)
K5 Barracks located at D(o)ura/Europos (unspecified date range)
K7 Barracks located at D(o)ura/Europos (unspecified date range)
Late Mithraeum located at D(o)ura/Europos (unspecified date range)
Lower Main Street located at D(o)ura/Europos (unspecified date range)
Main Street located at D(o)ura/Europos (unspecified date range)
Middle Citadel Gate located at D(o)ura/Europos (unspecified date range)
Middle Mithraeum located at D(o)ura/Europos (unspecified date range)
Military Base located at D(o)ura/Europos (unspecified date range)

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Place type:
settlement, archaeological site

References:

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Initial Provenance:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 91 B3 Dura/Europus

Details:

The Ancient World Image Bank (a publication of NYU's Institute for the Study of the Ancient World) provides an open-access collection of images from Doura.

The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: near Salihiya SYR

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Suggested citation:
M. Roaf, St J. Simpson, Faith Lubeck, Brady Kiesling, R. Talbert, Rajas Pradhan, Jeffrey Becker, Carolin Johansson, Adam Rabinowitz, Tom Elliott, DARMC, Kali Kocian, Sean Gillies, Anne Chen, Jeffery Mayfield, and Rune Rattenborg, 'D(o)ura/Europos: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2024 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/893990> [accessed: 03 December 2024]

Cite this resource in Wikipedia:

            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/893990 |title=Places: 893990 (D(o)ura/Europos) |author=Roaf, M., St J. Simpson |accessdate=December 3, 2024 1:32 pm |publisher=Pleiades}}

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