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TM Geo 544
Egypt - Lower Egypt (L)The region ca. 250 BC - provincia: AegyptusThe provincia ca. 200 AD - same as L Kato chora (TM Geo 4819)? P-ta-mehet (TM Geo 10722)?
Links: Talbert Peutinger
Status: region
Greek name(s): Δέλτα - Πτιμυρις
Latin name(s): Delta
Ethnic(s): Deltites
Variants: Delta - Mega Delta - Mikron Delta - Ptimyris
Repertoria: Dizionario II, p. 95 (1)
Map: Baines / Málek, Atlas, 2002(2), p. 18 (Delta); Bengtson, Weltatlas, 1978(6), pl. 36 a B2-D2 (Delta)
TM GeoRef | Publication | Attestation | Language | Date |
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42153 | Herodotus, Historiae, 2, 013, 2 [b] & passim | τὸ καλεόμενον Δέλταcontext: 'And, to my thinking, the Egyptians who dwell lower down the river than the lake Moiris, and chiefly those who inhabit what is called the Delta - these, if thus this land of theirs rises in such proportion and likewise increases in extent, will (the Nile no longer flooding it) be ever after in the same plight which they themselves once said would be the case of the Greeks' | Greek | BC 440 - 425 about | ||
50559 | Polybius, Historiae, 3, 49, 7 [b] | τῷ ... καλουμένῳ Δέλτα | Greek | BC 165 about - 120 after | ||
42708 | Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca, 1, 33, 04 & passim | ἐν τῷ καλουμένῳ Δέλτα | Greek | BC 54 - 36 about? | ||
42728 | Diodorus Siculus, Bibliotheca, 1, 50, 3 | τὸ ... Δέλτα | Greek | BC 54 - 36 about? | ||
45958 | Caesar, Bellum Alexandrinum, 27, 1 [b] | Delta | Latin | BC 48 - 44? | ||
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