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ID: 6005688
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/6005688
Record Type:
administrative
Sura (deserted settlement)
Coordinates:
Lat: 35 53 52 N
degrees minutes
Lat: 35.8988
decimal degrees
Long: 038 46 44 E
degrees minutes
Long: 38.7798
decimal degrees
Note:
Was an important Babylonian center, then located on the Euphrates river; was a crucial border stronghold during Roman times; noted for Talmudic school that was located here 609-1038 CE.
Names:
Sura
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
)
Hierarchical Position:
World
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Asia
(continent) (
P
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Sūrīyah
(nation) (
P
)
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Ḩalab
(governorate) (
P
)
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Sura
(deserted settlement) (
P
)
Place Types:
deserted settlement (
preferred
,
C
)
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was an ancient Babylonian city, later fortified by Romans
archaeological site (
C
)
inhabited place (
H
)
Babylonian (
H
)
Ancient Roman (
H
)
Jewish (
H
)
Sources and Contributors:
Sura..........
[
VP Preferred
]
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Ancient Locations: Archaeological Sites [online] (2000-)
...........
Canby, Historic Places (1984)
II, 898
...........
Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988)
1167
Subject:
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[
VP
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Canby, Historic Places (1984)
II, 898
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Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988)
1167
Note:
English
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[
VP
]
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Canby, Archaeological Sites of Israel, Egypt, and North Africa (1990)
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