Chaldaea
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: A. Hausleiter, M. Roaf, St J. Simpson, R. Wenke
Creators: A. Hausleiter, M. Roaf, St J. Simpson, R. Wenke
Contributors:
R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, P. Flensted Jensen, Jamie Novotny, Tom Elliott
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Last modified
Jan 09, 2026 06:18 PM
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History
Now unlocated, Chaldaea or Chaldea likely refers to a region located in the marshy lands of southern Mesopotamia. The toponym appears in numerous textual sources, including Neo-Assyrian cuneiform, the Hebrew Bible, and Classical Greek authors.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/915843
29.3161781551, 48.2611731869
- Representative Locations:
- Barrington Atlas location (550 BC - AD 640)
- Chaldaea located in Babylonia (1000 BC - 720 BC)
- Chaldaea abuts Persicus Sinus/Erythr(ae)um Mare (1000 BC - 720 BC)
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region
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 93 Chaldaea
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: region of Babylonia IRQ
A. Hausleiter, M. Roaf, St J. Simpson, R. Wenke, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Jeffrey Becker, P. Flensted Jensen, Jamie Novotny, and Tom Elliott, 'Chaldaea: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2026 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/915843> [accessed: 18 May 2026]
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