Barsampse
Βαρσάμψη
Barsampse (Βαρσάμψη), a place mentioned by Ptolemy (5.18.5.) as being on the E. bank of the Euphrates. Lat. 36° 15′, long. 72° 20′. Ritter (Erdkunde, vol. x. p. 1000) fixes its position S.E. of Betham Maria at the spot where the Euphrates makes a bend to the W. opposite to the caves and ruins of El Alcater. The name is Syrian, and has been identified as Beth-Shemesh, or Temple of the Sun.
From William Smith (ed.), Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. Text provided under a CC BY-SA license by Perseus Digital Library, http://www.perseus.tufts.edu, with funding from the National Endowment for the Humanities and Tufts University. Data accessed from https://github.com/PerseusDL/canonical-pdlrefwk/ on 17 October 2026.