Seleucia above Zeugma

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Seleucia epi tou Zeugmatos (Seleucia above Zeugma) – Greek: Σελεύκεια επί του Ζεύγματος, also transliterated as Seleuceia epi tow Zeugmatos, Seleukeia epi tou Zeugmatos, and Seleukheia epi tou Zeugmatos – was a Hellenistic city on the upper Euphrates river, above the famous (and now submerged) city of Zeugma, in Osroene. The exact location is not known, but it is probably near Sırataşlar (position : 37°25.2′N 37°59.5′E), Şanlıurfa Province, Turkey.

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• Richard Talbert, Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World, (ISBN 0-691-03169-X), p. 67.