MORE ANCIENT SOURCES
Eusebius, Onomasticon 8:6-9 (ca. 295 A.D.); Jerome 9:5-8 (ca. 390 A.D.)
Asason Thamar (Gen 14:7) , where the Amorites dwelt who were killed by Chedorlaomer. It is located near the desert of Kadesh. Now is called Thamara a village at one day's journey from Mampsis, on the way from Hebron to Aila, which is today a fort of the (Roman) soldiers.
BYZANTINE ADMINISTRATIVE LISTS
Hierocles, Synecdemos 717:8-719:11 (7th cent. A.D.)
Province of Palaestina Tertia, 10 cities under a praeses: Petra, Augustopolis, Arindela, Charachmuba, Areo-polis, Zoara, Mampsis, Bitarous, Elusa, Salton.
Georgius Cyprius, 1043-1057 (7th cent. A.D.)
Province of Palaestina Tertia: Petra, Augustopolis, Arindela, Charachmoba, Areopolis, Mampsis, Elusa, Zoora, Salton, Berosaba (Beersheba), Aila, Pentakomia, Mampsara, Metrokomia, Salton Hieratikon.
