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A river of Syria which runs from southwest of Emesa north to Antioch.

Names

  • Orontes1, 2
  • الأُرُنْد4
  • العاصي4
  • Āṣī
  • ʿĀṣī1
  • ‘Āṣī

Place Type

river

Location

  • Coordinates :
    • Lat. 35.2728339° Long. 36.4825754°3

Descriptions

A river of Syria which runs from southwest of Emesa north to Antioch.

Attestation

Attestation of names الأُرُنْد and العاصي in the Muʿjam al-buldān of Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī. الأُرُنْد4 العاصي4 4
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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: 22, 23, 196, 229, 270, 396, map: Map I A2, II A2, V.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.
  • 2 Sergey Minov (ed.), A Comprehensive Bibliography on Syriac Christianity (The Center for the Study of Christianity, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 2013), entry: Orontes.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.
  • 3 http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/658560
  • 4 Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī, Muʿjam al-buldān (Beirut: Dār al-kutub al-ʿilmiyya, 1990), p: I:193; IV:76.Link to Syriaca.org web application Bibliographic Record.

How to Cite This Entry

Thomas A. Carlson, “Orontes” last modified December 9, 2016, http://syriaca.org/place/147.

Bibliography:

Thomas A. Carlson, “Orontes.”, edited by ., edited by David A. Michelson et al.. Syriaca.org: The Syriac Reference Portal, 2016. Entry published December 9, 2016. http://syriaca.org/place/147.

About this Entry

Entry Title: Orontes

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

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