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Ptolemais Theron

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: D.T. Potts

Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, Jeffrey Becker

Last modified May 21, 2013 12:51 PM — History

tags: dare:ancient=1, dare:feature=settlement, dare:major=0

Ptolemais Theron was an ancient marketplace on the Red Sea, the precise location of which is now unknown.

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/39409

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
18.222236, 38.184316

Locations:

DARMC location 10214 (30 BC - AD 300)

Names:

Ptolemais Theron (30 BC - AD 300)

Ptolemais Theron makes connections with:

Ptolemais Theron connection Arabicus Sinus/Erythr(ae)um/Rubrum Mare (unspecified date range)

Ptolemais Theron receives connections from:

None

Place type:
settlement, port

References:

Evidence:

Str. 16.4.7

See Further:

Initial Provenance:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 4 A2 Ptolemais Theron

Details:

The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: on the coast between 18-19 degrees N lat. SUD

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Suggested citation:
D.T. Potts, DARMC, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Ptolemais Theron: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2013 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/39409> [accessed: 16 July 2018]

Cite this resource in Wikipedia:

            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/39409 |title=Places: 39409 (Ptolemais Theron) |author=Potts, D. |accessdate=July 16, 2018 6:33 pm |publisher=Pleiades}}

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