Gerraicus? Sinus
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: D.T. Potts Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
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Jan 03, 2023 03:51 PM
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A portion of the Persian Gulf mentioned by Pliny who places it between the Sinus Capeus on the north and the Regio Attene to the south.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/932455
27.02883, 49.68752
- Associated Modern Locations:
- Less than certain: Imagery location of Al Jubayl Commercial Port (AD 2000 - AD 2099) accuracy: +/- 30 meters.
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- Less than certain: sinus Gerrhaicus (Gerraicus Sinus: Latin, 330 BC - AD 300)
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water, open, port
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 95 B2 Gerraicus? Sinus
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Jubayl harbor
D.T. Potts, Sean Gillies, Perry Scalfano, R. Talbert, Tom Elliott, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Gerraicus? Sinus: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2023 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/932455> [accessed: 26 April 2025]
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