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Mara
(64 words)

[German version]

[2] City in Arabia Felix

According to Ptol. 6,7,37 (Μάρα μητρόπολις; Mára mētrópolis), city in the interior of Arabia Felix, mostly identified with the Sabaean capital Mārib ( Mariaba).

Toral-Niehoff, Isabel (Freiburg)

Bibliography

City i

H. v. Wissmann, Zur Geschichte und Landeskunde von Altsüdarabien (SAWW, Philos.-histor. Klasse 246), 1964, 417 (map).

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Toral-Niehoff, Isabel (Freiburg), “Mara”, in: Brill’s New Pauly, Antiquity volumes edited by: Hubert Cancik and , Helmuth Schneider, English Edition by: Christine F. Salazar, Classical Tradition volumes edited by: Manfred Landfester, English Edition by: Francis G. Gentry. Consulted online on 07 June 2023 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1574-9347_bnp_e721890>
First published online: 2006
First print edition: 9789004122598, 20110510



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