# Sardis

## Ancient names

- sprd: Aramaic
- Σάρδεις (Sardeis): Greek
- Sparda: Greek
- Šibartu: Akkadian

Source: Pleiades, CC BY 3.0 (https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/550867).

Photo: https://scriptoria.digital/_fotos/i2d9f9c.jpg (simonjenkins’ photos, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Temple_of_Artemis_Sardis_Turkey.jpg).

## Passages

- **Revelation 1:11** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/revelation/1/11
- **Revelation 3:1** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/revelation/3/1
- **Revelation 3:4** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/revelation/3/4

## Coordinates

38.4883, 28.0403

## Straight-line distances

- **Philadelphia**: about 28 mi (44 km) in a straight line, 2 days on foot
- **Thyatira**: about 32 mi (51 km) in a straight line, 3 days on foot
- **Smyrna**: about 49 mi (79 km) in a straight line, 4 days on foot
- **Ephesus**: about 54 mi (86 km) in a straight line, 4 days on foot
- **Pergamum**: about 64 mi (100 km) in a straight line, 5 days on foot
- **Laodicea**: about 73 mi (120 km) in a straight line, 6 days on foot
- **Jerusalem**: about 620 mi (990 km) in a straight line

## In the reference maps

- **The seven churches**: the letters (Revelation 3:1-6). https://scriptoria.digital/en/atlas/maps/sete-igrejas

## This document

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