# Susa

## Ancient names

- šwšn: Aramaic
- Σοῦσα (Sousa): Greek
- Σελεύκεια ἡ πρὸς τῶι Εὐλαίωι (Seleúkeia hē pròs tōi Eulaíōi): Greek
- Susa: Akkadian
- Çušā: Old Persian

Source: Pleiades, CC BY 3.0 (https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/912936).

Photo: https://scriptoria.digital/_fotos/i55ad2a.jpg (Carole Raddato, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:The_foundations_of_the_Palace_of_Darius_the_Great,_Susa,_capital_of_Elam_and_of_the_Achaemenid_Empire,_Iran_(47686677532).jpg).

## Passages

- **Ezra 4:9** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ezra/4/9
- **Nehemiah 1:1** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/nehemiah/1/1
- **Esther 1:2** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/esther/1/2
- **Esther 1:5** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/esther/1/5
- **Esther 2:3** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/esther/2/3
- **Esther 2:5** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/esther/2/5
- **Esther 2:8** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/esther/2/8
- **Esther 3:15** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/esther/3/15
- **Esther 4:8** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/esther/4/8
- **Esther 4:16** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/esther/4/16
- **Esther 8:14-15** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/esther/8/14
- **Esther 9:6** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/esther/9/6
- **Esther 9:11-15** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/esther/9/11
- **Esther 9:18** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/esther/9/18
- **Daniel 8:2** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/daniel/8/2

## Coordinates

32.1892, 48.2578

## Straight-line distances

- **Erech**: about 170 mi (270 km) in a straight line, 12 days on foot
- **Babylon 1**: about 230 mi (360 km) in a straight line, 16 days on foot
- **Jerusalem**: about 760 mi (1,200 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/susa
- Wikidata: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q180773
- Geography: OpenBible.info, CC BY 4.0 (https://www.openbible.info/geo/).
- Text license: Berean Standard Bible, public domain. Source: Scriptoria (scriptoria.digital).