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ID: 6005911
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/6005911
Record Type:
administrative
Dibse (inhabited place)
Note:
Ancient city on the Euphrates river 60 miles ESE of Ḥalab (Aleppo); was site of an ancient ford used by invading armies, including the army of Alexander the Great; mentioned in 1 Kings 4:24.
Names:
Dibse
(
preferred
,
C
,
V
)
Thapsacus
(
H
,
V
)
Tiphsah
(
H
,
V
)
............
Biblical name
Hierarchical Position:
World
(facet)
....
Asia
(continent) (
P
)
........
Sūrīyah
(nation) (
P
)
............
Ḩalab
(governorate) (
P
)
................
Dibse
(inhabited place) (
P
)
Place Types:
inhabited place (
preferred
,
C
)
............
settled since Biblical times
Sources and Contributors:
Dibse..........
[
VP Preferred
]
..............
Times Atlas of World History (1993)
342
Thapsacus..........
[
VP
]
....................
Canby, Historic Places (1984)
II, 927
....................
Times Atlas of World History (1993)
342
Tiphsah..........
[
VP
]
.................
Times Atlas of World History (1993)
358
Subject:
.....
[
VP
]
..................
Canby, Historic Places (1984)
II, 927
..................
Times Atlas of World History (1993)
342; 358
Note:
English
..........
[
VP
]
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