Thomas A. Carlson and David A. Michelson (eds.), "Arsamosata — ܐܪܫܡܝܫܛ " in last modified December 9, 2016, http://syriaca.org/place/286 Arsamosata ܐܪܫܡܝܫܛ ܐܰܪܫܡܝܫܛ ܫܡܺܝܫܰܛ ارشميشاط شمشاط Samosata شِمْشاط Kabiya Ka‘biya ܡܕܺܝܢܬܐ ܕܥܠ ܣܦܳܪ̈ܝ ܦܪܳܬ ܠܡܰܕܢܰܚ ܒܰܐܠܘ ܘܰܠܡܰܥܪܰܒ ܟܰܪܒܘܬ مدينة كانت بالروم على شاطئ الفرات شرقيها بالو وغربيها خربوت في طرف ارمينية a city in the Roman territory on the Euphrates. To its east lies Balū and to its west Kharput, contiguous to Armenia. Attestation of name شِمْشاط in the Muʿjam al-buldān of Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī. 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. http://syriaca.org/place/286 http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/874354 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arsamosata http://dbpedia.org/page/Arsamosata ܒܪ̈ܘܠܐ ܒܕܝܪ̈ܐ ܕܥܠ ܡܪܕܘܬ ܝܘܠܦܢ̈ܐ ܣܘܪ̈ܝܝܐ ܗܕܝܪ̈ܐ 536 كتاب اللؤلؤ المنثور في تاريخ العلوم والأداب السريانية 504 The Scattered Pearls: A History of Syriac Literature and Sciences 551, 558 Muʿjam al-buldān Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī III:411