Pentascino
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Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 70 Pentascino
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: road station E Pelusium
According to RE, the toponym is also mentioned in the Madaba Map. The location is strongly debated due to the absence of this toponym in the Tabula Peutingeriana, which in turn seems to have Gerra, which is lacking in the Antonine Itinerary and seems to be a preferred version of the name in later sources. Hence, the two were considered the same by Clédat (cited in RE) and located in the ruins of "Mehemdiah" (od. Al Maḩamdīyah in the North Sinai), which was also proposed as the location for Kasios/Kasion. However, the distance of this place from Pelusium is much smaller than what is declared in the Antonine Itinerary, and the identification has not been further pursued.
B. Isaac, R. Talbert, Sean Gillies, Chiara Palladino, Tom Elliott, and Jeffrey Becker, 'Pentascino: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2026 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/690831> [accessed: 16 October 2026]
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