# Asshur

can also refer to Assyria in general

## Ancient names

- Aššur: Akkadian

Source: Pleiades, CC BY 3.0 (https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/893945).

Photo: https://scriptoria.digital/_fotos/ice2361.jpg (Véronique Dauge, CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO, Wikimedia Commons; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Ashur_(Qal%27at_Sherqat)-115188.jpg).

## Passages

- **Numbers 24:22** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/numbers/24/22
- **Numbers 24:24** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/numbers/24/24
- **Psalms 83:8** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/psalms/83/8
- **Ezekiel 27:23** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ezekiel/27/23

## Coordinates

35.4567, 43.2625

## Straight-line distances

- **Haran**: about 260 mi (410 km) in a straight line
- **Kain**: about 540 mi (870 km) in a straight line
- **Jerusalem**: about 530 mi (850 km) in a straight line

## In the reference maps

- **Between the rivers**: Mesopotamia: Babylon, Assyria and Persia. https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/maps/entre-os-rios

## This document

- Canonical: https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/asshur
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q200200
- Geography: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0 (https://www.openbible.info/geo/).
- Text license: Berean Standard Bible, public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).