Tigris River
- Ancient name
- Tigris River
- Modern name
- Tigris River
- Coordinates
- 34.53, 44.79
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 Tigris, 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 | Fo |
| .f. tigris | Marc1 |
| [ti]gris | Laur3, Magl2 |
| f. tigris | Tre |
| f[iu]m[e] tigris | Ricc1 |
| f[iume] tigris | Con1 |
| F[iume] Tigris | Par3 |
| fiume tighris | Ashb4 |
| fiume tigris | Luc2, Med1 |
| tigis | He3 |
| Tigris | Con3, Cs1, Morg, NB, Parm2 |
| tigris | Con4, Fn12, Fn9, He2, ME2, NYPL3, Pad1, Pal6, Pal8, Par1, Ricc12, Ricc15, Ricc8 |
| Tigris .f. | Pnc4, To2 |
| tigris fiume | Med3, NYPL1 |
| Tigris fiume | Wie1 |
| togris | Pal5 |
| trigris | Yale4 |
| Tygris | Clas2 |
- Suggested citation
- Beneš, Carrie. “Tigris River.” Gregorio Dati’s La sfera = The Globe: A Digital Edition, May 3, 2026. https://la-sfera-staging-a8db029690a6.herokuapp.com/toponyms/tigris-river/.