Euphrates River
- Ancient name
- Euphrates River
- Modern name
- Euphrates River
- Coordinates
- 34.444792, 40.942437
- World Historical Gazetteer
- https://whgazetteer.org/places/portal/8364274
The Euphrates River rises in the mountains of Armenia, forms the western border of Mesopotamia, and joins the Tigris River in present-day southern Iraq before emptying into the Persian Gulf. In Dati's day it was considered one of the four rivers (along with the Tigris, Pishon, and Gihon) described in Genesis as flowing out of Paradise.
The toponym Euphrates River appears in La Sfera in the following places:
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Map of the location P057
Variant spellings of Euphrates River in Sfera manuscripts
| Variant | Manuscripts |
|---|---|
| .f. cufratres | Fo |
| .f. Eufrates | Chig1, Vat3 |
| .f. eufrates | Marc1 |
| .f. eunfrates | Ashb4 |
| [e]ufrates | Laur3 |
| [eu]frates | Magl2 |
| euf [...] rates | ME2 |
| eufates | Fn8 |
| eufra .TES. | Ricc6 |
| Eufrate | Magl4 |
| Eufrates | BL01, BL02, Bal, Barb4, Cs1, Fn6, Fn9, Morg, New, Par3, Vat2 |
| eufrates | Barb3, Chig2, Con4, Fn12, Fn8, He2, He3, NB, NYPL3, Pad1, Pal6, Pal8, Par1, Parm2, Ricc12, Ricc15, Ricc6, Ricc9, Spe, Urb1, Yale4 |
| eufrateS | Ricc8 |
| Eufrates .f. | Pnc4, To2 |
| eufrates f. | Ricc11 |
| Eufrates f. | Ricc14 |
| Eufrates f[iume] | Bos |
| eufrates f[iume] | Ricc13 |
| eufrates fiume | NYPL1 |
| Eufrates fluv[...] | Ricc6 |
| Eufratos | Laur5 |
| Euphrates | Clas2 |
| evfrates | Pal5 |
| EVFRATES fLuvius | Fn8 |
| f eufrates | Borg |
| f. eufrates | Tre |
| f[iume] eufrates | Con1 |
| fium[e] Eufratis | Ricc1 |
| Fiume Eufrates | He1, Par4 |
| fiume eufrates | Med3, Wie1 |
| Fluminis eufrates | Con3 |
- Suggested citation
- Beneš, Carrie. “Euphrates River.” Gregorio Dati’s La sfera = The Globe: A Digital Edition, November 13, 2026. https://la-sfera-staging-a8db029690a6.herokuapp.com/toponyms/euphrates-river/.