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Bactria

TM Geo 3554

Afghanistan (Bactria) - provincia: outside the Imperium Romanum - located in modern Afghanistan, Uzbekistan and Tajikistan

Links: Pleiades, Talbert Peutinger, ToposText, Wikipedia

Status: region

Greek name(s): Βάκτρα - Βακτριανή
Latin name(s): Bactria - Bactrianoe - Bactriana
Egyptian name(s): Bḫtn (?)
Ethnic(s): Baktrios (Baktria) - Baktros - Baktrianos - Bactrianus
Variants: Bactria (Baktra - Baktriane) - Bechten / Bachtan (?)

Biblio: RE s.v. Baktriane; Kockelmann, Dem. Conf. X (Leuven 2008) p. 120-121; Quack, P. Carlsberg 11, 2019, p. 123
Map: Barrington Atlas, 2000, pl. 99 B2

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TM id	Publication	Status	Material	Language	Date	Provenance

957947	Naveh / Shaked, Aramaic documents from ancient Bactria p. 170-171 no. B10	[found & written]	parchment (leather)	Aramaic	BC05	Afghanistan - Bactria [found & written]
957935	Naveh / Shaked, Aramaic documents from ancient Bactria p. 119-121 no. A8	[found & written]	parchment (leather)	Aramaic	BC04	Afghanistan - Bactria [found & written]
957927	Naveh / Shaked, Aramaic documents from ancient Bactria p. 64-75 no. A1	[found & written]	parchment (leather)	Aramaic	BC04	Afghanistan - Bactria [found & written]
957933	Naveh / Shaked, Aramaic documents from ancient Bactria p. 108-116 no. A6	[found & written]	parchment (leather)	Aramaic	BC04	Afghanistan - Bactria [found & written]
957934	Naveh / Shaked, Aramaic documents from ancient Bactria p. 117-118 no. A7	[found & written]	parchment (leather)	Aramaic	BC04	Afghanistan - Bactria [found & written]
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