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Der zentralarabische Zweig der Weihrauchstraße
Author(s) -
Bukharin Mikhail D.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
arabian archaeology and epigraphy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.384
H-Index - 18
eISSN - 1600-0471
pISSN - 0905-7196
DOI - 10.1111/j.1600-0471.2007.00266.x
Subject(s) - image (mathematics) , combinatorics , geography , ancient history , humanities , mathematics , history , art , artificial intelligence , computer science
The information of Eratosthenes (Strabo 16.4.4) is of crucial importance for the reconstruction of one of the branches of the ‘Incence Road’ between Gerrha andaramawt. According to the Classical sources as well as linguistic data ancient Gerrha must be sought in the ‘double city’ of al‐Hufūf–al‐’Uqayr. Comparison with other sources on the correspondence of the number of stages and the travel days of a caravan shows only one way to reacharamawt from Gerrha: this way would have led from Qaryat al‐Fāw not to Naǧrān, but to the south towards the mouth of the Wādīs abb and aš‐Šuayf.