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Ama

location debated

Dictionary of Deities and Demons in the Bible (1999) (page 837) places it "on the Uqnu River on the Babylonian-Elamite border;" similarly, Achenbach, Law of the Nations, Law for the Nations (2015) says, "east of the Tigris on the Uqnu River on the Babylonian-Elamite border"

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city known location approximate debated 1 place · c. AD 30-62 · modern coastline: harbors have silted up over two thousand years · drag and zoom · Place data: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0

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