Exusta/Katakekaumene (islands)
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: D.T. Potts Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
Creators: D.T. Potts Copyright © The Contributors. Sharing and remixing permitted under terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License (cc-by).
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History
Exusta/Katakekaumene Inss. are a group of islands located in the Red Sea. The ancient names Exusta and Katakekaumene refer to the volcanic nature of these islands, one of which is identifiable as the modern Jabal al-Tair Island.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/39345
15.5411527663, 41.8338752569
- Associated Modern Locations:
- OSM location of Jabal al-Tair Island (AD 2000 - AD 2099) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- Exusta (Latin, 30 BC - AD 300)
- Katakekaumene (30 BC - AD 300)
- Exusta/Katakekaumene (islands) connection Arabicus Sinus/Erythr(ae)um/Rubrum Mare (unspecified date range)
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archipelago, island group, island
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 4 B2 Exusta/Katakekaumene Inss.
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Jabal Tayr YEM
D.T. Potts, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Exusta/Katakekaumene (islands): a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2024 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/39345> [accessed: 03 December 2024]
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