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TM Geo 3668
Egypt - Western coast (Western coast)The region ca. 250 BC - provincia: AegyptusThe provincia ca. 200 AD - in the Marmarica; according to Diodoros in Libya; according to Ptolemaios in the nomos Libya (admin.)
31.350136,27.2368445 (Lat,Long)
Gods in this toponym: Ammon (TM God 102)
Links: Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire, Pleiades, Talbert Peutinger, ToposText, Wikipedia
Status: city: civitas; harbour: limen
Greek name(s): Παραιτόνιον - Ἀμμωνία
Latin name(s): Paraetonium - Paratonion - Paretonio
Ethnic(s): Paraitonios - Paraetonius - Paraetoniensis
Modern name(s): Mersa Matruh
Variants: Paraitonion (Paraetonium) - Ammonia - Mersa (Marsa) Matruh
Repertoria: Dizionario I 1, p. 63; I 2, p. 16 (2); IV, p. 51-52 (1); p. 52; Suppl. 1, p. 219; Suppl. 2, p. 151 (1)
Biblio: Cohen, The Hellenistic settlements, 2006, p. 348-349
Map: Baines / Málek, Atlas, 2002(2), p. 187 [a] (Mersa Matruh); Barrington Atlas, 2000, pl. 1 I4 (Paraetonium); Barrington Atlas, 2000, pl. 73 E2 (Paraetonium / Ammonia)
TM GeoRef | Publication | Attestation | Material | Language | Date | Provenance |
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44195 | I. Portes du désert 56, col. 1, 37 [b] | Paraet(oniensis?)context: 'Gaius Trebius son of Gaius of (the tribus) Pupinia, of Paraitonion' → status: ethnicon | stone (basalt) | Latin | BC01 - AD01 | Egypt, U05 - Koptos (Qift) [found & written] |
48564 | SEG 34 1534 [2], 2 | Παραιτόνι[(ο)ν]context: on a game counter: 'VII Paraitonion (?) 7' (perhaps in the more general meaning of 'Egyptian' or 'Libyan'?) → note: for a similar text, cf. SEG 34 1534 [21] | pottery | Greek | AD01 | Egypt, L00 - Alexandria [found & written] |
48565 | SEG 34 1534 [21], 2 | Παραιτόνι(ο)νcontext: on a game counter: 'XIII Paraitonion (?) 13' (perhaps in the more general meaning of 'Egyptian' or 'Libyan'?) → note: for a similar text, cf. SEG 34 1534 [2] | pottery | Greek | AD01 | Egypt, L00 - Alexandria [found & written] |
71513 | P. L. Bat. 25 23, 6 | Parae[t]oniocontext: '[ ] in Paraitonion [ ] | papyrus | Latin | AD01 | Egypt [found & written] |
49701 | P. Tebt. 2 508 Ro descr., descr. [d] | [Π]αραιτονίουlocation: mentioned in the same document: Krene; Zygrai; [.]omon; Paraitonion; [.]glemon; Pedonia | papyrus | Greek | AD02 | Egypt, 00c - Tebtynis (Umm el-Baragat) [found & written] |
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