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Lot

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Biblical figure.

Names

  • Hebrew: לוט = LWṬ 1
  • Latin: Loth 2
  • Persian: لوط = Lūṭ 3
  • Syriac: ܠܘܛ = LWṬ 4

Attributes

  • Male

Temporal Data

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Event DescriptionDate
Events mentioned by Benjamin of Tudela1 before c.1170c.117313th C1907
Events mentioned by Burchard of Mount Sion2 c.1280c.128414th C1864
Events mentioned by Nāṣir-i Khusraw3 c. 1050circa 106510th C Hijrī/16th C CE2001
Events mentioned by Michael the Syrian4 before 11991195-1199?15982009

Sources

  • 1Lot: Marcus N. Adler, ed., The Itinerary of Benjamin of Tudela (London: Frowde, 1907), 37 [Hebrew with English translation].
  • 2Loth: Burchard of Mount Sion, Descriptio Terrae Sanctae, in J. C. M. Laurent, ed., Peregrinatores Medii Aevi Quatuor (Leipzig: C. P. Melzeri, 1864), VII 45. [Latin].
  • 3Lot: Nāṣir-i Khusraw, Nasir-i Khusraw's Book of Travels, ed. Wheeler M. Thackston (Costa Mesa, Calif.: Mazda, 2001), 23 [Persian with English translation].
  • 4Gregorios Yuhanna Ibrahim, ed., The Edessa-Aleppo Syriac Codex of the Chronicle of Michael the Great (Piscataway, N.J.: Gorgias Press, 2009), 15 [Syriac].
    • Loth: J.-B. Chabot, trans., Chronique de Michel le Syrien (Paris: Ernest Leroux, 1901), I, 27, 31, 34; III, 399 [French].

How to Cite This Entry

Thomas A. Carlson, et al., “Lot” in Thomas A. Carlson, ed. Historical Index of the Medieval Middle East, last modified September 16, 2021, https://medievalmideast.org/person/14339.

Additional credit information:

  • Thomas A. Carlson: Data merging and XML; Hebrew transliteration from Benjamin of Tudela's travelogue; matching from Laurent's Peregrinatores medii aevi quattuor; matching from Nāṣir-i Khusraw's travelogue; and matching, Syriac collection and transliteration from Michael's chronicle
  • Liran Yadgar: abstract and gender assignment, matching, Hebrew collection from Benjamin of Tudela's travelogue
  • Laurel Kenner: Wikipedia matching
  • Margaret Gaida: gender assignment and matching from Laurent's Peregrinatores medii aevi quattuor
  • Mary Papadopoulos: matching, Persian collection and transliteration from Nāṣir-i Khusraw's travelogue
  • Jessica Mutter: matching from Michael's chronicle
  • McKenzie Cady: categorization from Michael's chronicle
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