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Bara

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: Jamie Novotny

Contributors: Jeffrey Becker, Carolin Johansson, Rune Rattenborg

Last modified Jun 16, 2023 12:04 PM — History

tags: ANE

A modern village located on the border of Iraq and Syria. An Assyrian stele (possibly of Adad-nerari III) was found there.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/914118847

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
36.3734185, 41.4880515

Locations:

Representative Locations:
- OSM location of modern Bara, Iraq (modern) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
- CIGS location of Bārah (unspecified date range) accuracy: +/- 5 meters.

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Bārah (Barah: English, modern)
- بارة (Bārah: Arabic, modern)

Bara makes connections with:

None

Bara receives connections from:

None

Place type:
findspot, place of finding, settlement-modern

References:

See Further:

Helsinki Atlas 2001, 28, map 4 grid A5

Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

Details:

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Suggested citation:
Jamie Novotny, Jeffrey Becker, Carolin Johansson, and Rune Rattenborg, 'Bara: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2023 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/914118847> [accessed: 16 April 2024]

Cite this resource in Wikipedia:

            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/914118847 |title=Places: 914118847 (Bara) |author=Novotny, J. |accessdate=April 16, 2024 11:07 am |publisher=Pleiades}}

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