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Debai

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: D.T. Potts

Contributors: R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Ancient World Mapping Center (AWMC), Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker

Last modified Oct 08, 2025 01:38 PM — History

Strabo describes the Debai of southwestern Arabia as a semi-Nomadic people. He notes that they live in a land that is rich in resources (like gold) for which these people have no use. This description is part of his narrative of "primitive" peoples at the margins of the Roman world.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/39334

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
18.0769459019, 42.0862861044

Locations:

Representative Locations:
- BAtlas Label Location (30 BC - AD 300) accuracy: +/- 9310 meters.

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Dedebae (30 BC - AD 300)
- Obie (30 BC - AD 300)
Ethnic Names:
- Δέβαι (Debai: Ancient Greek, 30 BC - AD 300)

Debai makes connections with:

None

Debai receives connections from:

None

Place type:
people, tribe (historical cultural group)

References:

See Further:

Initial Provenance:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 4 B2 Debai

Details:

The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: N Wadi Bayd SAU

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Suggested citation:
D.T. Potts, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Ancient World Mapping Center (AWMC), Tom Elliott, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Debai: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/39334> [accessed: 18 February 2026]

Cite this resource in Wikipedia:

            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/39334 |title=Places: 39334 (Debai) |author=Potts, D. |accessdate=February 18, 2026 3:20 pm |publisher=Pleiades}}

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