Harran

Harran

Ruins of Medieval City on top of Tell Harran

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Names

Transliterated Name	Source	Name
Harran	Modern Turkish
Haran	Modern Turkish
Carrhae-Harran	some scholars
Uru.Šà.Kaska	Sumerian and Hittite Cuneiform Records
Kaskal	Sumerian and Hittite Cuneiform Records
Ḫarrānu(m)	Sumerian and Hittite Cuneiform Records
Ḫarrānu	Sumerian and Hittite Cuneiform Records
Kárrhai	Greek	Kάρραι
Huzrina	Ancient Assyrian
Carrhae	Latin
Hellenopolis	Byzantine Greek	Eλληνóπoλις
hrn	Aramaic	ܚܳܪܳܢ
Haran	Hebrew	חָרָן
Harran	Arabic	حَرَّان
Harran	Ottoman Turkish	حران

Introduction

Carrhae (Haran) from The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites

from The Princeton encyclopedia of classical sites

Aerial Views, Plans, and Illustrations

Aerial Views

Harran in Google Earth

Harran in Google Earth

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Plans

Site Plans

Normal Size

Fig. 3 General Plan of

Fig. 3

General Plan of Harran

Lloyd and Brice (1951)

Harran from Lloyd and Brice (1951)

Magnified

Fig. 3 General Plan of

Fig. 3

General Plan of Harran

Lloyd and Brice (1951)

Harran from Lloyd and Brice (1951)

Illustrations

Harran as it looked

Harran as it looked before its abandonment in the 13th century

Wikipedia - Abdurrahman Biri - Original publication: Harran University - Fair Use

before its abandonment in the 13th century from wikipedia

Textual Chronology

1114 CE Marash Earthquake

Discussion

Textual Seismic Effects

1114 CE Marash Earthquake

Effect	Location	Image(s)	Description
Collapsed Walls (partial) Collapsed Houses (collapsed walls) Fatalities	Harran Fig. 3 General Plan of Harran Lloyd and Brice (1951) Harran as it looked before its abandonment in the 13th century Wikipedia - Abdurrahman Biri - Original publication: Harran University - Fair Use		"Part of the walls at Harran had also collapsed, and many houses had collapsed on top of their inhabitants" - Ibn al‑Jawzi "It destroyed much of Edessa, Ḥarrān, Sumaysāṭ, Bālis and other places. A great number of people perished under the rubble." - Ibn al‑Athir "a terrible earthquake laid waste the districts of Aleppo, Harran, Antioch, Mar’ash and the Syrian borders." - Kemal ad-Din (aka Ibn Al-Adim) "there fell down thirteen towers of the wall of Edessa; and portions of the wall of Harran" - Bar Hebraeus

Textual Intensity Estimates

1114 CE Marash Earthquake

Earthquake Archeological Effects chart

Earthquake Archeological Effects (EAE)

Rodríguez-Pascua et al (2013: 221-224)

of Rodríguez-Pascua et al (2013: 221-224)

Effect	Location	Image(s)	Description	Intensity
Collapsed Walls (partial) Collapsed Houses (collapsed walls) Fatalities (due to collapsed walls)	Harran Fig. 3 General Plan of Harran Lloyd and Brice (1951) Harran as it looked before its abandonment in the 13th century Wikipedia - Abdurrahman Biri - Original publication: Harran University - Fair Use		"Part of the walls at Harran had also collapsed, and many houses had collapsed on top of their inhabitants" - Ibn al‑Jawzi "It destroyed much of Edessa, Ḥarrān, Sumaysāṭ, Bālis and other places. A great number of people perished under the rubble." - Ibn al‑Athir "a terrible earthquake laid waste the districts of Aleppo, Harran, Antioch, Mar’ash and the Syrian borders." - Kemal ad-Din (aka Ibn Al-Adim) "there fell down thirteen towers of the wall of Edessa; and portions of the wall of Harran" - Bar Hebraeus	VIII+ VIII+ VIII+

This evidence requires a minimum Intensity of VIII (8) when using the Earthquake Archeological Effects chart of Rodríguez-Pascua et al (2013: 221-224).

Notes and Further Reading

References

Articles and Books

Gadd, C. J. (1958). The Harran Inscriptions of Nabonidus. Anatolian Studies, 8, 35–92.

Gadd, C. J. (1958). The Harran Inscriptions of Nabonidus. Anatolian Studies, 8, 35–92. - at JSTOR

Lloyd, S., & Brice, W. (1951). Harran. Anatolian Studies, 1, 77–111.

Lloyd, S., & Brice, W. (1951). Harran. Anatolian Studies, 1, 77–111. - at JSTOR

Rice, D. S. (1952). Medieval Ḥarrān: Studies on Its Topography and Monuments, I. Anatolian Studies , 2, 36–84.

Rice, D. S. (1952). Medieval Ḥarrān: Studies on Its Topography and Monuments, I. Anatolian Studies , 2, 36–84. - at JSTOR

Segal, J. B. (1963) Chapter IX The Sabian Mysteries The planet cult of ancient Harran in E. Bacon, Vanished Civilizations (1963) 201. - can be borrowed with a free account from archive.org

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Websites

Harran at Encyclopaedia Iranica

Harran at livius.org

Harran/Carrhae at Pleiades

Wikipedia pages

Harran

from wikipedia

Harran Castle

from wikipedia

Harran (biblical place)

from wikipedia

Sabians

from wikipedia