Ocelis(99 words)
[German version]
(Ὄκηλις/Ókēlis, Ptol. Geog. 6,7,7; Peripl. m. r. 25; Acila, Ocilia, Plin. HN 6,104; Str. 16,4,5). Small monsoon harbour on the Arabian coast (Bāb al-Mandab). In the 3rd and 2nd century BC, O. belonged to Qatabān, then to the Ḥimyār kingdom. It probably corresponds to the modern harbour of Al-Šaiḫ Saīd.
Toral-Niehoff, Isabel (Freiburg)
Bibliography
L. Casson, The Periplus Maris Erythraei, 1989, 157-158
A. Sprenger, Die alte Geographie Arabiens, 1966, 67, 77
H. von Wissmann, Zur Geschichte und Landeskunde von Altsüdarabien (SAWW, Philol.-histor. Kl. 2…
Cite this page
Toral-Niehoff, Isabel (Freiburg),
“Ocelis”, 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 20 May 2022 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1574-9347_bnp_e827710>
First published online: 2006
First print edition: 9789004122598, 20110510
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