Ctesiphon - ܩܛܝܣܦܘܢ
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“Located on the Tigris, south of modern Baghdad.” 1
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“ܬܰܪܬܝܢ ܡܕܝ̈ܢܳܢ ܕܒܰܚܕ̈ܕܐ ܣܒܝܣ̈ܢ ܘܡܶܬܩܰܪ̈ܝܳܢ ܡܕܝ̈ܢܳܬܐ ܐܶܡܐ ܕܰܡܕܝ̈ܢܬܳܐ ܕܦܳܪ̈ܣܳܝܐ ܣܰܐܣܰܐܢܳܝ̈ܐ ܠܬܰܝܡܢܳܗ̇ ܕܒܓܕܕ ܡܰܪܕܶܐ ܫܶܬ ܫܳܥܝ̈ܢ ܘܰܚܪܶܒ̈ܝ ܒܫܘܪܳܝ ܫܘܠܛܳܢܐ ܕܥܰܪ̈ܒܝܐ ܘܰܒܓܰܢܒܗܝܢ ܝܰܘܡܳܢ ܩܪܝܬܳܐ ܕܣܰܠܡܰܐܢ ܒܰܐܟ.” 3
“مدينتان متصلتان سميتا بالمدائن عاصمة الفرس الساسانيين، جنوبي بغداد مسيرة ست ساعات، خربتا في صدر الفتح العربي وبجانبهما اليوم قرية سلمان باك.” 4
“483. Seleucia-Ctesiphon” 1
“Ctesiphon was the imperial capital of the Sasanian Empire. Joh. Eph., EH 3.40 and 6.10 does not use the name Ctesiphon, but refers to it as the 'royal city'.” 8
“Located on the Tigris, south of modern Baghdad.” 1
“two connected cities. They were the capital of the Sassanids, situated about six hours journey south of Baghdad. Both these cities were destroyed at the beginning of the Arab conquest. Near their site is the present village of Salman Pak.” 5
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- 1 M. C. Cassis, "Seleucia-Ctesiphon." in Sebastian P. Brock et al. (eds.), The Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage (Piscataway,NJ: Gorgias Press, 2011), p: 365.
- 2 Sebastian P. Brock et al. (eds.), The Gorgias Encyclopedic Dictionary of the Syriac Heritage (Piscataway,NJ: Gorgias Press, 2011), p: 1, 5, 11, 12, 21, 24, 27, 50, 53, 57, 70, 72, 73, 110, 164, 171, 183, 212, 215, 217, 218, 221, 244, 258, 268, 271, 273, 320, 346, 365, 373, 376, 415, 429, map: Map I C2, II C2.
- 3 Ignatius Afram Barsoum, Berule bdire d-ʿal yulpone suryoye hdire, trans. Philoxenos Yuḥanon Dolabani, 2nd ed. (Holland: Bar Hebraeus Verlag, 1991), p: 556.
- 4 Ignatius Afram Barsoum, al-Luʼluʼ al-manthūr fī tārīkh al-ʻulūm wa-al-ādāb al-Suryāniyyah, 4th ed. (Holland: Bar Hebraeus Verlag, 1987), p: 516.
- 5 Ignatius Afram Barsoum, The Scattered Pearls: A History of Syriac Literature and Sciences, trans. Matti Moosa, 2nd rev. ed. (Piscataway,NJ: Gorgias Press, 2003), p: 558.
- 6 Sergey Minov (ed.), A Comprehensive Bibliography on Syriac Christianity (The Center for the Study of Christianity, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, 2013), entry: Seleucia-Ctesiphon.
- 7 Yāqūt al-Ḥamawī, Muʿjam al-buldān (Beirut: Dār al-kutub al-ʿilmiyya, 1990), p: IV:63.
- 8 Oliver Nicholson, The Oxford Dictionary of Late Antiquity (Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2018)., p: 436.
- 9 Ernest Walter Brooks, Iohannis Ephesini historiae ecclesiasticae pars tertia, CSCO Syr. III.3 (Louvain: L. Durbecq, 1935-1936), p: 174; 302, chapter: 3.3.40; 3.6.10.
- 10 https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/893976
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- Data from John of Ephesus added by Silvio Roggo
- 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