Seleucia at the Zeugma
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Former settlement probably near Sırataşlar, Turkey
Seleucia at the Zeugma (
Samosata
and not far from it.
It is mentioned in isolated incidents:
Coele Syria. The bishop Eusebius of Samosata
ruled a day's journey from his see, even to Zeugma. The name of the city is confirmed by an inscription from Rhodes, which refers to a man "of Seleucia, of those on the Euphrates".
The location of Seleucia at the Zeugma is uncertain. It had a bridge of boats, like the well-known (and now submerged) city of
Samsat, Turkey, before its old site was also flooded, by the Atatürk Reservoir. The Barrington Atlas conjectures that it was at Killik, Şanlıurfa Province, Turkey 37°26′N 38°14′E / 37.433°N 38.233°E / 37.433; 38.233
), on the basis of T. A. Sinclair's Eastern Turkey : an architectural and archaeological survey, which is some 40 km downstream from Samosata, and below the dam.
The reasoning here is unclear. Sinclair shows this Killik (which means "Claypit" in Turkish), on his map at IV 172, but all four of his references to the name in his text are to a Killik at 39°23′N 37°42′E / 39.383°N 37.700°E / 39.383; 37.700, at the headwaters of the Euphrates, near Divriği.
See also
- Zeugma, Commagene
- Zeugma Mosaic Museum
References
- Pauly-Wissowa, Realencyclopädie der classischen Altertumswissenschaft: neue Bearbeitung "Seleukia" 4, Vol 2.1 of 24, p. 1205, 1921.
- ISBN 978-0-691-03169-9), Map 67 and commentary.
- Roaf, M., St J. Simpson (24 February 2021). "Places: 894178 (Veh Ardashir/Coche/Mahoza/'Seleucia')". Pleiades. Retrieved January 24, 2022.
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Further reading
- From Pauly-Wissowa
- Polybius, 5.43.1
- Strabo, XVI 749
- Appian, Mithradates 114
- Pliny the Elder, 5,82
- Theodoret 4.14
- CIGII 2548
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