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Arsamosata - ܐܪܫܡܝܫܛ

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"a city in the Roman territory on the Euphrates. To its east lies Balū and to its west Kharput, contiguous to Armenia."3

Names

  • ܐܪܫܡܝܫܛ
  • Arsamosata3, 5, 7
  • ܐܰܪܫܡܝܫܛ1
  • ܫܡܺܝܫܰܛ1
  • ارشميشاط2
  • شمشاط2
  • شِمْشاط4
  • Kabiya
  • Ka‘biya
  • Samosata3
  • Shimshaṭ6, 8
  • S̲h̲ims̲h̲āṭ9

Place Type

settlement

Location

  • Coordinates (preferred):
    • Lat. 38.6218329000° Long. 39.7653580000°5, 6

Attestation

Attestation of name شِمْشاط in the Muʿjam al-buldān of Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī. شِمْشاط4 4

Notes

Moosa's English translation of Barsoum's description was incorrectly published under the headword "Samosata," while his description under the headword "Arsamosata" in fact describes the village Kaʿbiya.
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Works Cited

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  • 1 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
  • 2 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
  • 3 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, 558. Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 4 Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī and ياقوت الحموي, معجم البلدان (Beirut: دار الكتب العلميةDār al-kutub al-ʿilmiyya, 1990), p: III:411. Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 5 Ian Mladjov, Diachronic Maps of Syriac Cultures and Their Geographic Contexts, in The Syriac World, ed. Daniel King and David A. Michelson (London-New York: Routledge, 2018), xxvii–xxxiii, map 1–14, map: 1, 2, 7. Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Worldcat Bibliographic record
  • 6 Ian Mladjov, Diachronic Maps of Syriac Cultures and Their Geographic Contexts, in The Syriac World, ed. Daniel King and David A. Michelson (London-New York: Routledge, 2018), xxvii–xxxiii, map 1–14, map: 2, 7. Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Worldcat Bibliographic record
  • 7 William L. Potter and David A. Michelson, Index of Maps, in The 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
  • 8 William L. Potter and David A. Michelson, Index of Maps, in The Syriac World, ed. Daniel King (London-New York: Routledge, 2018), p: 832. Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Worldcat Bibliographic record
  • 9 entry: S̲h̲ims̲h̲āṭ, entry: S̲h̲ims̲h̲āṭ