Chaldea
- Ancient name
- Chaldaea
- Modern country
- Iraq
- Coordinates
- 32.54, 44.42
- World Historical Gazetteer
- https://whgazetteer.org/places/portal/8364259
Chaldea is a Biblical term referring to a region or people in southern Mesopotamia; for medieval Europeans it was more or less interchangeable with Persia, Assyria, and Babylonia.
The toponym Chaldea appears in La Sfera in the following places:
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Map of the location P041
Variant spellings of Chaldea in Sfera manuscripts
| Variant | Manuscripts |
|---|---|
| calda | NB |
| Caldea | Borg, Cs1, Fo, Morg, New, Par3, Ricc6, To2, Vat2, Vat3 |
| caldea | Bos, Ricc13, Ro2, Spe |
| CALDEA | Ashb4, BL01, BL02, Barb3, Chig1, Chig2, Con1, Con4, Fn9, He2, Laur3, Med3, Pnc4, Pnc5, Ricc11, Ricc12, Ricc14, Ricc8, Ricc9, Urb1, Wie1 |
| Candea | MB |
| chalda | Magl4 |
| chaLdea | Fn8 |
| chaldea | Bal, He3, Laur5, Par1 |
| chaude | Ashb6 |
- Suggested citation
- Beneš, Carrie. “Chaldea.” Gregorio Dati’s La sfera = The Globe: A Digital Edition, November 13, 2026. https://la-sfera-staging-a8db029690a6.herokuapp.com/toponyms/chaldea/.