Tigris River
- Ancient name
- Tigris River
- Modern name
- Tigris River
- Coordinates
- 34.209113, 43.85058
- World Historical Gazetteer
- https://whgazetteer.org/places/portal/8364353
The Tigris River rises in the mountains of Armenia, forms the eastern border of Mesopotamia, and joins the Euphrates River in present-day southern Iraq before emptying into the Persian Gulf. Isidore of Seville (Etymologies 21.13.10) notes that "it is called by this name on account of its speed, like that animal, the tiger (tigris), which runs exceedingly fast." In Dati's day it was considered one of the four rivers (along with the Euphrates, Pishon, and Gihon) described in Genesis as flowing out of Paradise.
The toponym Tigris River appears in La Sfera in the following places:
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Map of the location P141
Variant spellings of Tigris River in Sfera manuscripts
| Variant | Manuscripts |
|---|---|
| .f. Tigris | Chig1, Fo, Vat3 |
| .f. tigris | Marc1 |
| [ti]gris | Laur3, Magl2 |
| f tigris | Borg |
| f. tigris | Ricc6, Tre |
| f[iu]m[e] tigris | Ricc1 |
| f[iume] tigris | Con1 |
| F[iume] Tigris | Par3 |
| fiume nillo | Vat2 |
| fiume tighris | Ashb4 |
| Fiume Tigris | He1, Par4 |
| fiume tigris | Luc2, Med1 |
| tigis | He3 |
| tigris | Barb3, Barb4, Chig2, Con4, Fn12, Fn9, He2, ME2, NYPL3, Pad1, Pal6, Pal8, Par1, Ricc12, Ricc15, Ricc8, Ricc9, Spe, Urb1 |
| Tigris | BL01, BL02, Con3, Cs1, Fn6, Morg, NB, New, Parm2 |
| Tigris .f. | Pnc4, To2 |
| tigris f. | Ro2 |
| Tigris f. | Ricc14 |
| tigris f[iume] | Bos |
| Tigris fiu. | Fn8 |
| tigris fiume | Med3, NYPL1 |
| Tigris fiume | Wie1 |
| togris | Pal5 |
| trig[i]s f[iume] | Ricc13 |
| trigis f. | Ricc11 |
| trigris | Yale4 |
| Tygris | Clas2 |
- Suggested citation
- Beneš, Carrie. “Tigris River.” Gregorio Dati’s La sfera = The Globe: A Digital Edition, November 13, 2026. https://la-sfera-staging-a8db029690a6.herokuapp.com/toponyms/tigris-river/.