XII. Middle and Lower Nile Region

Mountains

308 M^o. dimas: Mons dimas, Mauro;=?

309 M^o. libuzio: Montes Libyci, Ptol. (IV, 5: 19 (FA14));=escarpment overlooking Nile Valley on W (PW, xiii, 148).

310 M^o. pilazi: Mons Pollaza, Mauro; ?Pylaei Montes in Ethiopia, Ptol. (IV, 7: 26 (FA15));=?

311 M^o. arazas: Arangas Mons, in Lybia Interior, Ptol. (IV, 6: 12 (FA15));=?

Rivers and Lakes

312 f. nillo: The course of the Nile and its tributaries corresponds essentially with that of CE (Kret., CE, 89-91; see also [338]).

313 f. stapus: Astapus Fl. in Ethiopia, Ptol. (IV, 7:24 (FA15));=Bahr al-Azraq, or Blue Nile (PW, ii, 1775-1776; Besnier, 96).

Other Natural Features

314 Etiopia dezito: Ethiopian desert.

315 Libia dixerta; Deserta Libya, Ptol. (IV, 3:27 (FA13)).

316 dixerta arenoxa | qui nase animali quat|rupedi che ano Il uolto | domo (sandy desert where are born quadruped animals which have the face of a man): Possibly refers to the mantichora of Pliny (Nat. hist., VIII, 21; see Wright, Lore, 468).

317 y^a. meroe: Island of Meroë, Ptol. (IV, 7 (FA15)).

Edifices

(A) West Coast of Red Sea

318 filistina: =Palestine.

319 aid . p(?): Aydip, CA;=Aidhab.

320 cidor(?): =?

321 climas: Climas, Mauro;=?

(B) On the Nile and Stapus

322 alesan|dria: Alexandria, CA.

323 babilonia: Babillonja, CA; Babilonia, CE;=the medieval name of Old Cairo.

324 sacon: Sohan, CA; Soan, CE;=anct. Syene, mod. Aswan.

325 bac .(?): =?

326, 327, 328, 329 Illeg.

(C) On North Shore of West African Gulf

330, 331 Illeg.

Place Name, West Coast of Red Sea

332 tes (or tos): ?Chos, CA; Con.;=?Qoseir