You are here: Home → Ancient Places → Phorbantia (island) → Bucinna

Bucinna

a Pleiades name resource

Creators: R.J.A. Wilson

Contributors: R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Valeria Vitale, Jonathan Prag, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott

Last modified Jun 08, 2018 07:14 AM — History

Romanized Name(s):
Bucinna

Name as attested:

Βουκίννα

Language:
Greek (ancient)

Name type:
geographic name

Accuracy of transcription:
accurate

Level of transcription completeness:
complete

Level of certainty in association between name and the place:
Less certain

Temporal attestations:

Roman, early Empire (30 BC-AD 300) (confident)

References:

See Further:

BTCGI IV, 215-16
BTCGI IX, 7-15
Manni 1981, 76
Smith 1854 (Perseus), BUCINNA
Steph. Byz.

Initial Provenance:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 47 A2 Phorbantia Ins.

Details:

Both the BTCGI and Manni 1981 mention the identification of Phorbantia with Bucinna, but do not appear to be entirely convinced. The BTCGI lists Phorbantia with the modern name of Levanzo, but has an additional separate entry for "Bucinna".

Personal tools

Bucinna