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Edessa

Walls of Edessa

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Names
Transliterated Name Source Name
Edessa Greek Ἔδεσσα
Antioch By The Callirhoe Greek Ἀντιόχεια ἡ ἐπὶ Καλλιρρόης
Callirhoe Greek Καλλιρρόης
Antiochia ad Callirhoem Latin
Rohals Latin
Justinopolis
Urfa Turkish
Sanliurfa Turkish
Riha Kurdish
ar-Ruha Arabic الرُّهَا
Admaʾ, Adme, Admi, Admum Assyrian cuneiform
Admaʾ Aramaic אדמא
Urhoy Neo-Aramaic (Turoyo)
Adme Syriac ܐܕܡܐ
Urhay, Urhai, or Orhay Syriac ܐܘܪܗܝ
Urha or Ourha Armenian Ուռհա
Introduction
Edessa (Antioch By The Callirhoe) from The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites



Maps, Aerial Views and Plans
Maps, Aerial Views and Plans

Maps

The City of Urfa (Edessa)

The City of Urfa (Edessa) and its environs

Aerial Views

  • Urfa Castle (Ancient Edessa)
    Urfa Castle (Ancient Edessa) in Google Earth

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Plans

Site Plans

Normal Size

  • Urfa city walls and citadel
    Fig. 1.3

    Urfa city walls and citadel

    (After Niebuhr 1774-1778, 2:pl.LI)

    Tonghini (2021)
    in late 18th century CE from Tonghini (2021)

Magnified

  • Urfa city walls and citadel
    Fig. 1.3

    Urfa city walls and citadel

    (After Niebuhr 1774-1778, 2:pl.LI)

    Tonghini (2021)
    in late 18th century CE from Tonghini (2021)

Notes and Further Reading
References

Articles and Books

Brock, Sebastian Paul. (2013) Manuscripts copied in Edessa In: FS Hubert Kaufhold S. 109-128

Brock, Sebastian Paul. (2013) Manuscripts copied in Edessa In: FS Hubert Kaufhold S. 109-128 - open access at SCRIBD

Guidetti, M. (2009). The Byzantine Heritage in the Dār al-Islām Churches and Mosques in al-Ruha between the Sixth and Twelfth Centuries. Muqarnas, 26, 1–36. - at JSTOR

Segal, J. B. (1970). Edessa 'the Blessed City' 01, Clarendon Press. - open access at archive.org

Segal, J. B. (1970). Edessa 'the Blessed City' 02, Clarendon Press. - open access at archive.org

Excavation Reports

Tonghini, C. (2021). From Edessa to Urfa: The Fortification of the Citadel. Archaeopress. - at JSTOR

Tonghini, C. (2021). From Edessa to Urfa: The Fortification of the Citadel. Archaeopress. - some pages visible at Google Books

Websites

Edessa on Encyclopaedia Iranica

Edessa on livius.org

Edessa timeline at worldhistory.org

Edessa at Fortresses d'Orient

Bibliography from Encyclopaedia Iranica

Chronicle of Edessa, ed. I. Guidi et al., CSCO 1, Louvain, 1955.

Chronicon Paschale, ed. L. Dindorf, Bonn, 1832.

H. J. W. Drijvers, “Hatra, Palmyra und Edessa,” ANRW II/8, 1978, pp. 799-906.

E. Honigmann [C. E. Bosworth], “al-Ruhā,” in EI2 VIII, pp. 589-91.

Ioannis Malalas, Ioannis MalalaeChronographia, ed. L. Dindorf, Bonn, 1831.

E. Meyer, “Edessa,” in Pauly-Wissowa V/2, cols. 1933-38.

Michael the Syrian, Chronique de Michel le Syrien, ed. J. B. Chabot, 3 vols., Paris 1899-1904.

J. B. Segal, Edessa the Blessed City, Oxford, 1970.

J. Wagner, “Provincia Osrhoenae. New Archaeological Finds Illustrating the Military Organization under the Severan Dynasty,” in S. Mitchell, ed., Armies and Frontiers in Roman and Byzantine Anatolia, BAR 156, Oxford, 1983, pp. 103-30.

Wikipedia pages

Edessa



Urfa



Şanlıurfa Castle



County of Edessa