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ID: 6005911
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/6005911
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Dibse (inhabited place)  Dibse (inhabited place)

Note: Ancient city on the Euphrates river 60 miles ESE of Ḥalab (Aleppo); was site of an ancient ford used by invading armies, including the army of Alexander the Great; mentioned in 1 Kings 4:24.

Names:
Dibse (preferred,C,V)
Thapsacus (H,V)
Tiphsah (H,V)  ............ Biblical name

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Asia (continent)  ....  Asia (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Sūrīyah (nation)  ........  Sūrīyah (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Ḩalab (governorate)  ............  Ḩalab (governorate) (P)
Hierarchy of Dibse (inhabited place)  ................  Dibse (inhabited place) (P)

Place Types:
inhabited place (preferred, C)  ............  settled since Biblical times

Sources and Contributors:
Dibse..........  [VP Preferred]
..............  Times Atlas of World History (1993) 342
Thapsacus..........  [VP]
....................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) II, 927
....................  Times Atlas of World History (1993) 342
Tiphsah..........  [VP]
.................  Times Atlas of World History (1993) 358
Subject: .....  [VP]
..................  Canby, Historic Places (1984) II, 927
..................  Times Atlas of World History (1993) 342; 358
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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