Wall of Media
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: M. Roaf, St J. Simpson
Creators: M. Roaf, St J. Simpson
Contributors:
R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Carolin Johansson, Tom Elliott, Rune Rattenborg
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Last modified
Feb 03, 2025 08:41 PM
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History
The Wall of Media, also known as Mēdías teîchos or the Wall of Semiramis, at Habl as-Sahr is mentioned by Xenophon in the Anabasis as a defensive ditch at the Euphrates built on the orders of Artaxerxes in the fifth century BC.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/896945
33.1216, 44.2698
- Representative Locations:
- CIGS location of Ḥabl al-Ṣakhar (unspecified date range) accuracy: +/- 5 meters.
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- Μηδίας καλούμενον τεῖχος (τό) (Medias kaloumenon teichos (to): Ancient Greek, 330 BC - 30 BC)
- Σεμιράμιδος διατείχισμα (Semirámidos diateíchisma: Ancient Greek, 30 BC - AD 300)
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- حبل الصخر (Ḥabl al-Ṣakhar: Arabic, modern)
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earthwork, archaeological site
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- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 91 F4
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Teichos Medias, at Habl as-Sahr
M. Roaf, St J. Simpson, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, Carolin Johansson, Tom Elliott, and Rune Rattenborg, 'Wall of Media: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/896945> [accessed: 16 February 2025]
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