Τύλος

Tylos, Tylus

Translated by David Whitehead11 May 2001Vetting: high4 revisions

5 words
The island [of that name].

Greek original · Adler’s text

Τύλος· ἡ νῆσος.

Betacode
*tu/los: h( nh=sos.

Notes

  1. The Greek name -- though in Strabo 16.3.4 it is Tyros -- for the largest of the Bahrain islands in the Persian Gulf; OCD4 Tylos; Barrington Atlas map 95 grid C3/4.

References


D.T. Potts, The Arabian Gulf in Antiquity 2 (Oxford 1990) 125-144

Neighbouring entries

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Revision history4 revisions · last 5 Aug 2014
  1. Revised — David Whitehead
  2. cosmetics — David Whitehead
  3. augmented note, bibliography, keywords — David Whitehead
  4. set status — Catharine Roth
  5. Translated — David Whitehead

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