VI. Mesopotamia and Syria
Rivers and Lakes
165-168 The river system is more accurately drawn than on CA and CE, inasmuch as the Euphrates and Tigris join before reaching the Persian Gulf. On CA they enter the Gulf separately; on CE the Euphrates swings around into Egypt, entering the Nile just above Babilonia (Cairo). All three maps show a connection between the Euphrates and Mediterranean through the Orontes, but only Leardo makes the Jordan communicate with the Euphrates. On CA and CD an island, Zizera (see also [9]), on CD said to be the site of Nineveh, is shown in the Euphrates, but on CE and Leardo this has become a lake. On CA the three lakes along the Jordan are labeled from N to S: Aquaron (=Lake Hule), Mar de Gallilea (=Sea of Galilee), and Mar Gamora (sea of Gomorrah,=Dead Sea).
165 f. tigris.
166 f. eufrates.
167 f. Jordano.
168 f ... soldi|no: =Orontes (Kret., Port., 670).
Edifices
(A) Along the Tigris
169 moxor: Moror, CA; Moxor, Dalorto map (La R., i, 64);=Mosul (ibid.).
170 apfes: Aipsa, Vat.; Suq al-Ahvaz of the Arabic itineraries (Pullé, Vat., 13, 31, 34).
171 Inporio | asiriorum (empire of the Assyrians); Assyria, Ptol. (VI, 1 (FA20)).
172 seruxia|na: Susiana, Ptol. (VI, 3 (FA20));=Khuzistan (Besnier, 726).
173 babilo ...(?): Babylon or Babylonia. See also [323].
(B) In Syria
174 ga ...| a(?).
175 Jeruxalem: On the placing of Jerusalem at the center of the earth’s surface see Wright, Lore, 259-261.
176 c ...r(?): =?
Place Names
(A) In Mesopotamia
177 baldac: Ciutat de Baldach, CA;=Baghdad.
178 mexapo: =?Mesopo[tamia].
179 birzi: =?Birejik.
180 megan: ?Mogan, Jordanus of Sévérac (Jourdain Catalani de Sévérac, Mirabilia descripta: Les merveilles de l’Asie, edit. by Henri Cordier, Paris, 1925, 93-94; Hallb., 356-357);=plain of Mugan near junction of Araxes and Kur.
181 malaxim: Malasia, CA:=Malatia.
(B) Interior of Syria
182 alepo: =Aleppo.
183 antozia(?): =?Antioch.
(C) Syrian Coast
184 soldin: =Suweidiyeh, near ancient Seleucia (Kret., Port., 670).
185 laliza: =Latakia (ibid.).
186 tortoxa: =Tartus (ibid.).
187 tripoli: =Tripoli (ibid., 671).
188 zibele: =Jebeleh (ibid.).
189 baruto: =Beirut (ibid.).
190 achre: =Acre (ibid., 672).
191 gafo: =Jaffa (ibid.).
192 larixa: =El-‘Arish (ibid., 673).