Ostrakine
Ostrakine (Greek: Ὀστρακίνη or Latin: Ostracena) was an ancient Egyptian city at a location that is known as El Felusiyat today.
Location
Ostrakine was located on the road between Alexandria and Gaza at Lake Bardawil, a saltwater lagoon near the Mediterranean coast of the northern Sinai.
History
Established as a harbour in the first century BC,[1] near Sirbonis, the longtime border between Egypt and Syria,[2] archaeological evidence suggests that Ostrakine was a centre of glass-making in the classical period.[3] A bishopric during the Byzantine period, there is evidence of three Byzantine churches,[4] and that the town remained important as a stop along the trade route in the early Muslim period.[5]
Tradition
Ostrakine has traditionally been thought to be the site of the tomb of the prophet Habakkuk[6] and the martyrdom of James the Less [7]
Madaba Map
Ostrakine is depicted on the Madaba Map [2]
See also
Notes
- ^ Oked, Sarit, "Patterns of the Transport Amphorae at Ostrakine During the 6th Century", ARAM Periodical Peeters Online Journal, 1996, Vol 8 No.1 [1][permanent dead link]
- ^ Mooren, Léon, Lake Serbonis and Sabkhat Bardaawill, Peeters Publishers, p. 474
- ^ Katholieke Universiteit, Leuven, Sargalassos Archaeological Research Project, Glass as subject of study Archived 2010-08-22 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Figueras, Pau, "The Road Linking Palestine and Egypt along the Sinai Coast, The Madaba Mosaic Map" Archived 2013-01-03 at the Wayback Machine retrieved 09-08-10
- ^ Horden, Peregrine and Purcell, Nicholas, The Corrupting Sea, a Study of Mediterranean history, Wiley-Blackwell p. 171
- ^ "Figueras". Archived from the original on 2013-01-03. Retrieved 2013-01-17.
- ^ A religious encyclopædia: or, Dictionary of Biblical, historical, doctrinal and practical theology, New York: 1910, Funk & Wagnalls, p. 1140