Apamea (Babylonia)
Apamea or Apameia (Greek: Απάμεια) was an ancient city – and possibly two ancient cities lying close together – of Mesopotamia mentioned by Stephanus of Byzantium and Pliny as situated near the Tigris near the confluence of the Euphrates, the precise location of which is still uncertain,[1] but it lies in modern-day Iraq.
Stephanus (s. v. Apameia) describes Apamea as in the territory of
Even apart from Pliny's Apamea in Sittacene, apparently there were at least two different cities (one described by Pliny and Stephanus, the other by Ptolemy), which seem to have been close together – as is expressly stated in Ḳid. 71b – the upper and the lower. Nöldeke suggests that the dialect spoken in lower Apamea (that of Ptolemy), probably located at Korna, was akin to Mandaic.[7]
See also
Footnotes
- ^ Hogarth, David George (1911). . Encyclopædia Britannica. Vol. 2 (11th ed.). p. 159.
- ^ Pliny, vi. 27
- ^ Ammianus Marcellinus xxiv. 5, and the notes of Valesius and Lindebrog
- ^ Ptolemy. Geography, v. 18
- ^ Pliny, vi. 146
- ^ Pliny, vi. 31
- ^ Nöldeke. Mandäische Grammatik, p. 26
Sources
- Smith, William (editor); Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, "Apameia", London, (1854)
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray. {{cite encyclopedia}}: Missing or empty|title=(help)- This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Singer, Isidore; et al., eds. (1901–1906). "Apamea". The Jewish Encyclopedia. New York: Funk & Wagnalls.
