Ellasar: The oak or heap of Assyria, a territory in Asia of which Arioch was
king
(Genesis 14:1,9) It is supposed that the old Chaldean town of Larsa
was the metropolis of this kingdom, situated nearly half-way between
Ur (now Mugheir) and Erech, on the left bank of the Euphrates. This
town is represented by the mounds of Senkereh, a little to the east
of Erech.
