Thumata

Thumata (Greek: Θουμάτα, Thoumata),[1][2] or Thamatha,[3] was a town of classical antiquity.[4]

History

According to Ptolemy, Thumata was a town of Arabia Felix, but Pliny puts it on the Tigris.[5] According to Pliny, it was a distant ten days' sail from Petra, and subject to the king of the Characeni.[4]

References

  1. ↑ Ptol. vi. 7. § 33.
  2. ↑ Plin. NH. vi. 28. s. 32.
  3. ↑ Not. Imp. Rom. § 22, p. 37.
  4. 1 2 Dyer 1857, p. 1191.
  5. ↑ Plin. NH. vi. 28. s. 32.

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