Ascalon - ܐܫܩܠܘܢ

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A coastal city north of Gaza.

Names

  • ܐܫܩܠܘܢ4
  • Ascalon1
  • عَسْقلان3

Place Type

settlement

Location

  • Coordinates :
    • Lat. 31.661963° Long. 34.546334°2

Descriptions

A coastal city north of Gaza.

Attestation

Attestation of name عَسْقلان in the Muʿjam al-buldān of Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī. عَسْقلان3 3
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Works Cited

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  • 1 Sebastian P. Brock et al. (eds.), The Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage (Piscataway,NJ: Gorgias Press, 2011), p: 231.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.
  • 2 http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/687839
  • 3 Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī, Muʿjam al-buldān (Beirut: Dār al-kutub al-ʿilmiyya, 1990), p: IV:137.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.
  • 4 Ernest Walter Brooks, Iohannis Ephesini historiae ecclesiasticae pars tertia, CSCO Syr. III.3 (Louvain: L. Durbecq, 1935-1936), p: 43, chapter: 3.1.32.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., “Ascalon” last modified February 16, 2024, http://syriaca.org/place/674.

Bibliography:

Thomas A. Carlson et al., “Ascalon.”, 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/674.

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Entry Title: Ascalon

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
  • Data merging, Pleiades and Wikipedia linking, and XML by Thomas A. Carlson
  • Data from John of Ephesus added by Silvio Roggo

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