| GEO ID: |
2211 |
| Name: |
Syria |
| Variant names: |
Syria - Koile Syria - Transjordania |
| Greek name: |
Συρία - Κοίλη Συρία |
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| Demotic name: |
Ḫr - H̱r - Ỉšr - Ỉšwl - Ỉmr - ʿymr - Pȝ-tȝ-n-H̱r |
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| Ethnic: |
Syros (Syra) - Syrios - Syrikos - Syriakos - Syraigyptios - Syropersas - Koilosyrites |
| Country: |
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| Status: |
region: tesh |
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| Repertoria: |
Dizionario III, p. 130; IV, p. 320; p. 321 (bis); p. 321-322; Gauthier, Dictionnaire III, 1926, p. 141; IV, 1927, p. 151; VI, 1929, p. 29 |
| Bibliography: |
Erichsen, Lesestücke II.2, 1940, p. 197; p. 198; Erichsen, Glossar, 1954, p. 45; p. 387; PP X, 2002, p. 125; p. 289; p. 292-293; p. 324-325; CDD ʿ, 2003, p. 37 |
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| Notes: |
the Demotic name Cher sometimes refers to Phoenicia (1789) in particular; the Demotic name Isher can refer as well to Syria (2211) as to Assyria (5181); obsolete reading in Moje, Grabstelen Dandara 10, 1 (no toponym); cf. also the personal name Pȝ-ẖr (e.g. P. Carlsberg 3, p. 37, 104) |
