Eritrea

Property	Value
Is country (wdt:P17) of	23 values Assab? Near wadi Arsile, Harsile (ap:3629) Bera'isole? in Bahar Assoli, Bahir Assoli bay (ap:3627) Dahlak Kebir village on the Dahlak islands, with many rock-cut cisterns on Dahlak Kebir (ap:3614) Dellemi, Dilemmi island, SW of Port Smyth (ap:3621) Dissei island, Dessei, Dese (ap:3620) Edd, beach sheltered from south (ap:3625) Hanfileh, Anfile bay, NW of Thio, Tio (ap:3623) Harmil island (ap:3612) Howakil bay, Hauakil bay, near Ghelaelo, with Harena, Arena island (ap:3622) Irafalo, Irafayle, Erafaile, Arafali (ap:3618_1) Island located in the bay of Zula and and now included into the continent under the name « Galala Hills » 3.5 km SE of Zula. Not to be confused with Perim island bearing the same ancient name (ap:3618) Jimhil, Gim'hile on the Dahlak islands, Monfreid's Djumele? (ap:3613) Mandalum, on wadi Asarai, mentioned by Pliny, Hist Nat, 6, 172 (ap:3611_1) Marsa Taklai (ap:3611_2) Massawa, Ptolemy locates Saba at 50’ of latitude north of Adulis, which could be Massawa at only 20 nautical miles (ap:3615) Melita bay near Ras Nasiracurra, on Buri peninsula (ap:3619) Mersa Dudo (ap:3626) Probably somewhere in East Africa, possibly in the area of the Afar people, between Adulis and Djibouti, on the location of the ancient D'mt (Da'amat) kingdom and close to the Kush kingdom and its gold mines, where they could also find silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks. Other possible locations for Punt are Mundus-Mosylium and Opone (Somalia) (ap:3616) Ras Dumeira at Rahayta? Ptolemy locates Arsinoe at 20’ of latitude south of Dire, which corresponds to the lagoon of Godoria on the North coast of Djibouti near 12°09’ of latitude. He nevertheless mentions it north of Dire on his list, as does Strabo … which makes some authors think the site is at Ras Dumeira. Monfreid's Raheita (ap:3631) Ras Terma, east of Beylul (ap:3628) Tio at Ras Anrata? Ptolemy locates Colobon at 2° of latitude north of Adulis, which does not correspond to any cape or promontary, but Strabo locates it very close to Antiphilus portus, hence Tio might be the right location (ap:3624) Unlocated between Saba and Arsinoe, possibly near Halba Deset? (ap:3630) Zula, on wadi Haddas. The Periplus Maris Erythraei locates Adulis at 3000 stadia (ca. 550 km) south of Ptolemais inside a south facing bay, which corresponds to Zula. Pliny locates it at 5 navigation days from Ptolemais, which leads to more or less the same location. It may be noted that Ptolemy is widely mistaken when locating it at 40’ of latitude north of Dire, leading near Assab, 200 km further south. The site of Zula is now widely accepted by modern authors. (ap:3617)

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Value

Is country (wdt:P17) of

23 values

Assab? Near wadi Arsile, Harsile (ap:3629)
Bera'isole? in Bahar Assoli, Bahir Assoli bay (ap:3627)
Dahlak Kebir village on the Dahlak islands, with many rock-cut cisterns on Dahlak Kebir (ap:3614)
Dellemi, Dilemmi island, SW of Port Smyth (ap:3621)
Dissei island, Dessei, Dese (ap:3620)
Edd, beach sheltered from south (ap:3625)
Hanfileh, Anfile bay, NW of Thio, Tio (ap:3623)
Harmil island (ap:3612)
Howakil bay, Hauakil bay, near Ghelaelo, with Harena, Arena island (ap:3622)
Irafalo, Irafayle, Erafaile, Arafali (ap:3618_1)
Island located in the bay of Zula and and now included into the continent under the name « Galala Hills » 3.5 km SE of Zula. Not to be confused with Perim island bearing the same ancient name (ap:3618)
Jimhil, Gim'hile on the Dahlak islands, Monfreid's Djumele? (ap:3613)
Mandalum, on wadi Asarai, mentioned by Pliny, Hist Nat, 6, 172 (ap:3611_1)
Marsa Taklai (ap:3611_2)
Massawa, Ptolemy locates Saba at 50’ of latitude north of Adulis, which could be Massawa at only 20 nautical miles (ap:3615)
Melita bay near Ras Nasiracurra, on Buri peninsula (ap:3619)
Mersa Dudo (ap:3626)
Probably somewhere in East Africa, possibly in the area of the Afar people, between Adulis and Djibouti, on the location of the ancient D'mt (Da'amat) kingdom and close to the Kush kingdom and its gold mines, where they could also find silver, ivory, apes, and peacocks. Other possible locations for Punt are Mundus-Mosylium and Opone (Somalia) (ap:3616)
Ras Dumeira at Rahayta? Ptolemy locates Arsinoe at 20’ of latitude south of Dire, which corresponds to the lagoon of Godoria on the North coast of Djibouti near 12°09’ of latitude. He nevertheless mentions it north of Dire on his list, as does Strabo … which makes some authors think the site is at Ras Dumeira. Monfreid's Raheita (ap:3631)
Ras Terma, east of Beylul (ap:3628)
Tio at Ras Anrata? Ptolemy locates Colobon at 2° of latitude north of Adulis, which does not correspond to any cape or promontary, but Strabo locates it very close to Antiphilus portus, hence Tio might be the right location (ap:3624)
Unlocated between Saba and Arsinoe, possibly near Halba Deset? (ap:3630)
Zula, on wadi Haddas. The Periplus Maris Erythraei locates Adulis at 3000 stadia (ca. 550 km) south of Ptolemais inside a south facing bay, which corresponds to Zula. Pliny locates it at 5 navigation days from Ptolemais, which leads to more or less the same location. It may be noted that Ptolemy is widely mistaken when locating it at 40’ of latitude north of Dire, leading near Assab, 200 km further south. The site of Zula is now widely accepted by modern authors. (ap:3617)