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[Terqa]/Asicha?

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: M. Roaf, St J. Simpson

Contributors: R. Talbert, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Carolin Johansson, Tom Elliott, H. Kopp, DARMC, W. Röllig, Sean Gillies, B. Siewert-Mayer, Rune Rattenborg, Francis Deblauwe, Eric Kansa

Last modified Jan 12, 2024 10:24 AM — History

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

[Terqa]/Asicha? was an ancient city located at the site of Tell Ashara on the banks of the Euphrates river.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/894158

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
34.9224178, 40.5681563667

Locations:

Representative Locations:
- OSM location of [Terqa]/Asicha? (unspecified date range) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
- DARE Location (750 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.
- CIGS location of Tall al-Ashārah (unspecified date range) accuracy: +/- 5 meters.

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Less than certain: Asicha (unspecified date range)
- Less than certain: Gazika (30 BC - AD 300)
- Sirqu (Akkadian, 720 BC - 540 BC)
- تل الأشارة (Tall al-Ashārah: Arabic, modern)
- Tall al-ʿAšāra (Modern Standard Arabic, 5500 BC - 540 BC)
- Terqa (750 BC - AD 640)
- Terqa (Modern Standard Arabic, 2950 BC - 330 BC)
- Tirqa (5500 BC - 2600 BC)
- Tirya (Modern Standard Arabic, 5500 BC - 2600 BC)
- al-ʿAšára (Modern Standard Arabic, AD 1258 - AD 2000)

[Terqa]/Asicha? makes connections with:

None

[Terqa]/Asicha? receives connections from:

Tell Qraya located near [Terqa]/Asicha? (6500 BC - 1600 BC)

Place type:
settlement, findspot, place of finding

References:

See Further:

See Also:

Related:

DARMC 22389

Initial Provenance:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 91 B3 [Terqa]/Asicha?

Details:

The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Tell Ashara SYR

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Suggested citation:
M. Roaf, St J. Simpson, R. Talbert, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, Carolin Johansson, Tom Elliott, H. Kopp, DARMC, W. Röllig, Sean Gillies, B. Siewert-Mayer, Rune Rattenborg, Francis Deblauwe, and Eric Kansa, '[Terqa]/Asicha?: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2024 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/894158> [accessed: 24 April 2024]

Cite this resource in Wikipedia:

            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/894158 |title=Places: 894158 ([Terqa]/Asicha?) |author=Roaf, M., St J. Simpson |accessdate=April 24, 2024 7:48 pm |publisher=Pleiades}}

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