Thumata

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

History[edit]

Thumata was a town of Arabia Felix, according to Ptolemy, and described by Pliny as distant ten days' sail from Petra, and subject to the king of the Characeni.^[4]

References[edit]

^ Ptol. vi. 7. § 33.
^ Plin. NH. vi. 28. s. 32.
^ Not. Imp. Rom. § 22, p. 37.
^ ^a ^b Dyer 1857, p. 1191.

Sources[edit]

Dyer, Thomas H. (1857). "Thumata". In Smith, William (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. Vol. 2: Iabadius–Zymethus. London: Walton and Maberly. p. 1191. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

[1] Ptol. vi. 7. § 33.

[2] Plin. NH. vi. 28. s. 32.

[3] Not. Imp. Rom. § 22, p. 37.

[:0-4] Dyer 1857, p. 1191.

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