Jericho
The Biblical city of Jericho (Pleiades 687917) appears only once in the Sfera corpus (Pad1), on the western side of the Nile River south of Cairo. Since the real city of Jericho is actually west of Jerusalem in the Jordan Valley, this placement is probably a mistake produced by confusion of gericho with the Gihon River.
- Coordinates
- 31.86, 35.46
- World Historical Gazetteer
- https://whgazetteer.org/places/portal/8364062
This toponym does not appear in the poem, only on the maps accompanying it.
Map of the location M035
Variant spellings of Jericho in Sfera manuscripts
| Variant | Manuscripts |
|---|---|
| gericho | Pad1 |
- Suggested citation
- Beneš, Carrie. “Jericho.” Gregorio Dati’s La sfera = The Globe: A Digital Edition, November 13, 2026. https://la-sfera-staging-a8db029690a6.herokuapp.com/toponyms/jericho/.