SCRIPTORIA BIBLE

Erech

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ANCIENT NAMES

  • ʾrk Aramaic
  • Orchoē Greek
  • Erech Akkadian
  • Unu(g) Sumerian

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Skip the map 15°E 20°E 25°E 30°E 35°E 40°E 45°E 50°E 28°N 32°N 36°N 40°N Shinar SHINAR Elam ELAM Calneh Calneh Accad Accad Susa Susa Persia PERSIA Babylon Babylon +1 Erech Erech 50 mi scriptoria.digital Place data: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0

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city known location approximate debated 9 places · c. AD 30-62 · modern coastline: harbors have silted up over two thousand years · +N: other places on the same point · drag and zoom · Place data: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0

WITH ACCAD · BABEL · BABYLON 1 · CALNEH 1 AND 4 MORE, named in the same passages

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How to cite: Scriptoria, Bible Atlas, 2026. scriptoria.digital. License CC BY 4.0.

Map: Scriptoria, CC BY 4.0. Place data: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0. Coast and rivers: Natural Earth, public domain. Relief: ETOPO 2022 (NOAA NCEI), public domain. The credits are in each sheet's footer.

DISTANCES IN A STRAIGHT LINE

  • Babel ABOUT 110 MI (180 KM) IN A STRAIGHT LINE · 8 DAYS ON FOOT
  • Babylon 1 ABOUT 110 MI (180 KM) IN A STRAIGHT LINE · 8 DAYS ON FOOT
  • Susa ABOUT 170 MI (270 KM) IN A STRAIGHT LINE · 12 DAYS ON FOOT
  • Jerusalem ABOUT 610 MI (990 KM) IN A STRAIGHT LINE

In a straight line, between the atlas's coordinates. On foot, at 30 km (19 mi) a day on a road 1.3 times longer than the line.

2 PASSAGES

COORDINATES 31.3222, 45.6361

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