[Terqa]/Asicha?
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: M. Roaf, St J. Simpson
Creators: M. Roaf, St J. Simpson
Contributors:
R. Talbert, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, W. Röllig, Tom Elliott, H. Kopp, DARMC, Sean Gillies, B. Siewert-Mayer, Francis Deblauwe, Eric Kansa
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Last modified
Jun 17, 2022 09:28 PM
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History
[Terqa]/Asicha? was an ancient city located at the site of Tell Ashara on the banks of the Euphrates river.
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https://pleiades.jazkarta.com/places/894158
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- Representative Locations:
- DARMC location 22389 (750 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.
- DARE Location (750 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.
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- Less than certain: Asicha (unspecified date range)
- Less than certain: Gazika (30 BC - AD 300)
- Sirqu (Akkadian, 720 BC - 540 BC)
- Tall al-ʿAšāra (Modern Standard Arabic, 5500 BC - 540 BC)
- Terqa (750 BC - AD 640)
- Terqa (Modern Standard Arabic, 2950 BC - 330 BC)
- Tirqa (5500 BC - 2600 BC)
- Tirya (Modern Standard Arabic, 5500 BC - 2600 BC)
- al-ʿAšára (Modern Standard Arabic, AD 1258 - AD 2000)
- None
- Tell Qraya located near [Terqa]/Asicha? (6500 BC - 1600 BC)
settlement
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 91 B3 [Terqa]/Asicha?
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Tell Ashara SYR
M. Roaf, St J. Simpson, R. Talbert, Johan Åhlfeldt, Jeffrey Becker, W. Röllig, Tom Elliott, H. Kopp, DARMC, Sean Gillies, B. Siewert-Mayer, Francis Deblauwe, and Eric Kansa, '[Terqa]/Asicha?: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2022 <https://pleiades.jazkarta.com/places/894158> [accessed: 25 April 2025]
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