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Apamea - ܐܘܦܡܝܐ

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Names

  • ܐܘܦܡܝܐ
  • Apamea2, 5, 6, 10, 11
  • ܐܘܦܰܡܝܰܐ3
  • ܐܦܡܝܐ8
  • ܡܕܝܢܬܐ9
  • ܩܰܠܥܗ̈ ܐܠܡܨ̇ܝܩ3
  • آفامية4
  • أَفَامِيَة7
  • فامية4
  • قلعة المضيق4
  • Qalat al-Madīq
  • Qalʿat al-Madīq5
  • Qal‘at al-Madīq

Place Type

settlement

Location

  • Coordinates (preferred):
    • Lat. 35.418° Long. 36.398°2
  • Coordinates (alternate):
    • Lat. 35.4198320000° Long. 36.3968468000°10

Attestation

Attestation of name أَفَامِيَة in the Muʿjam al-buldān of Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī. أَفَامِيَة7 7
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Works Cited

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  • 1 L. Van Rompay,Apamea,inThe Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage, ed. Sebastian P. Brock et al. (Piscataway, NJ: Gorgias Press, 2011), p: 23-24.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 2 Sebastian P. Brock et al.,Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage (Piscataway, New Jersey: Gorgias Press, 2011), p: 23–24, 39, 44, 114, 210–211, 348, 442, 452 (fig. 6c), map: Map I A2.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 3 Ignatius Afram Barsoum and ܕܒܝܬ ܒܪܨܘܡܐܝܓܢܐܛܝܘܣ ܐܦܪܝܡ ܩܕܡܝܐ, ܒܪ̈ܘܠܐ ܒܕܝܪ̈ܐ ܕܥܠ ܡܪܕܘܬ ܝܘܠܦܢ̈ܐ ܣܘܪ̈ܝܝܐ ܗܕܝܪ̈ܐ, trans. Philoxenos Yuḥanon Dolabani and ܕܘܠܒܐܢܝܦܝܠܠܘܟܣܝܢܘܣ ܝܘܚܢܢ, ܚܬܳܡܳܐ ܬܪܰܝܳܢܳܐ2nd ed. (Holland: ܡܛܒܥܬܐ ܣܘܪܝܝܬܐ ܕܒܪ ܥܒܪܝܐBar Hebraeus Verlag, 1991), p: 536.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 4 Ignatius Afram Barsoum and اغناطيوس افرام الاول برصوم,كتاب اللؤلؤ المنثور في تاريخ العلوم والأداب السريانية, الطبعة الرابعة4th ed. (Holland: مطبعة ابن العبري بدير مار افرام السريانيBar Hebraeus Verlag, 1987), p: 504.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 5 Ignatius Aphram Barsoum,The Scattered Pearls: A History of Syriac Literature and Sciences, trans. Matti Moosa, 2nd revised (Piscataway, New Jersey: Gorgias Press, 2003), p: 551.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 6 Sergey Minov, ed.,A Comprehensive Bibliography on Syriac Christianity (The Center for the Study of Christianity, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 2013), entry: Apamea.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 7 Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī and ياقوت الحموي,معجم البلدان (Beirut: دار الكتب العلميةDār al-kutub al-ʿilmiyya, 1990), p: I:269.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 8 Ernest Walter Brooks,Iohannis Ephesini Historiae Ecclesiasticae Pars Tertia, 2 vols., CSCO Syr. III.3 (Louvain: L. Durbecq, 1935), p: 275; 292; 293; 314; 315; 338, chapter: 3.6.6; 3.6.19; 3.6.34.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 9 Ernest Walter Brooks,Iohannis Ephesini Historiae Ecclesiasticae Pars Tertia, 2 vols., CSCO Syr. III.3 (Louvain: L. Durbecq, 1935), p: 292; 293, chapter: 3.6.6.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 10 Ian Mladjov,Diachronic Maps of Syriac Cultures and Their Geographic Contexts,inThe Syriac World, ed. Daniel King and David A. Michelson (London-New York: Routledge, 2018), xxvii–xxxiii, map 1–14, map: 1, 3.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Worldcat Bibliographic record
  • 11 William L. Potter and David A. Michelson,Index of Maps,inThe Syriac World, ed. Daniel King (London-New York: Routledge, 2018), p: 825.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Worldcat Bibliographic record
  • 12 p: 770-782., p: 770-782.

How to Cite This Entry

Thomas A. Carlson et al., “Apamea — ܐܘܦܡܝܐ ” last modified July 11, 2025, http://syriaca.org/place/11.

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Thomas A. Carlson et al., “Apamea — ܐܘܦܡܝܐ .”, edited by ., edited by David A. Michelson et al.. Syriaca.org: The Syriac Reference Portal, 2025. Entry published July 11, 2025. http://syriaca.org/place/11.

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Entry Title: Apamea — ܐܘܦܡܝܐ

Additional Credit:

  • Data merging for Syriac World maps data by William L. Potter
  • Syriac World maps edited by David A. Michelson
  • Syriac World maps data revised by William L. Potter
  • Syriac World maps cartography by Ian Mladjov
  • Connection to the Syriac World identified by Nathanael Andrade
  • Data from John of Ephesus added by Silvio Roggo
  • Record validation, normalization, and revisions for the second edition (2.0) by Daniel L. Schwartz
  • Record validation, normalization, and revisions for the second edition (2.0) by William L. Potter
  • Record validation, normalization, and revisions for the second edition (2.0) by David A. Michelson
  • Syriac description entry by Robert Aydin
  • Data merging, Pleiades and Wikipedia linking, and XML by Thomas A. Carlson
  • Initial Barsoum entry creation by David A. Michelson

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