.Ancient Sources

Sinai and Egypt

148.. Sebennytic (Arm)

ORIGINAL TEXTS

ENGLISH TRANSLATION
Herodotus, Historiae II:17 (5th cent. B.C.)
But the direct channel of the Nile, when the river in its downward course reaches the sharp point of the Delta, flows thereafter clean through the middle of the Delta into the sea; in this is seen the greatest and most famous part of its waters, and it is called the Sebennytic mouth.

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ICONOGRAPHIC PARALLELS
Tabula Peutingeriana
(4th cent. A.D.)
The Nile Delta

Map Section 10 Place Discussion

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148.. Sebennytic (Arm)

ORIGINAL TEXTS	ENGLISH TRANSLATION *Herodotus, Historiae* II:17 (5th cent. B.C.)** But the direct channel of the Nile, when the river in its downward course reaches the sharp point of the Delta, flows thereafter clean through the middle of the Delta into the sea; in this is seen the greatest and most famous part of its waters, and it is called the Sebennytic mouth.
No biblical text available