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Samosata - ܫܡܝܫܛ

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A town on the Euphrates northwest of Edessa.

Names

  • ܫܡܝܫܛ
  • Samosata1, 4
  • ܫܡܝܫܛܝܐ (used as adjective)6
  • ܫܰܡܝܫܛ2
  • سميساط3
  • سُمَيْساط5

Place Type

settlement

Location

  • Coordinates :
    • Lat. 37.56452° Long. 38.47134°1

Descriptions

“ܐܰܬܪܐ ܗܘ ܕܰܠܡܰܥܪܒܗ ܕܰܦܪܳܬ ܘܰܠܓܰܪܒܝܗ ܕܐܘܪܗܳܝ.” 2
“بلدة على غربي الفرات شمالي الرها.” 3
“a town on the Euphrates, north of Edessa.” 4
A town on the Euphrates northwest of Edessa.

Attestation

Attestation of name سُمَيْساط in the Muʿjam al-buldān of Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī. سُمَيْساط5 5
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Works Cited

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  • 1 Sebastian P. Brock et al., Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage (Piscataway, New Jersey: Gorgias Press, 2011)., p: 59, 107, 266, 409, 432, map: Map I B1, II B1.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 2 Ignatius Afram Barsoum and ܐܝܓܢܐܛܝܘܣ ܐܦܪܝܡ ܩܕܡܝܐ ܕܒܝܬ ܒܪܨܘܡ, ܒܪ̈ܘܠܐ ܒܕܝܪ̈ܐ ܕܥܠ ܡܪܕܘܬ ܝܘܠܦܢ̈ܐ ܣܘܪ̈ܝܝܐ ܗܕܝܪ̈ܐ, ܚܬܳܡܳܐ ܬܪܰܝܳܢܳܐ2nd ed. (Holland: ܡܛܒܥܬܐ ܣܘܪܝܝܬܐ ܕܒܪ ܥܒܪܝܐBar Hebraeus Verlag, 1991)., p: 557.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 3 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: 516.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 4 Ignatius Aphram Barsoum, The Scattered Pearls: A History of Syriac Literature and Sciences, 2nd revised (Piscataway, New Jersey: Gorgias Press, 2003)., p: 558.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 5 Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī and ياقوت الحموي, معجم البلدان (Beirut: دار الكتب العلميةDār al-kutub al-ʿilmiyya, 1990)., p: III:293.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record
  • 6 Ernest Walter Brooks, Iohannis Ephesini historiae ecclesiasticae pars tertia, CSCO Syr. III.3 (Louvain: L. Durbecq, 1935-1936), p: 17; 21, chapter: 3.1.16; 3.1.18.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.Link to Zotero Bibliographic RecordLink to Zotero Bibliographic Record

How to Cite This Entry

Thomas A. Carlson et al., “Samosata — ܫܡܝܫܛ ” last modified February 16, 2024, http://syriaca.org/place/178.

Bibliography:

Thomas A. Carlson et al., “Samosata — ܫܡܝܫܛ .”, edited by ., edited by David A. Michelson et al.. Syriaca.org: The Syriac Reference Portal, 2024. Entry published February 16, 2024. http://syriaca.org/place/178.

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Entry Title: Samosata — ܫܡܝܫܛ

Additional Credit:

  • 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
  • Arabic description entry by Dayroyo Roger-Youssef Akhrass
  • 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
  • Data from John of Ephesus added by Silvio Roggo

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