Massabatae(68 words)
[German version]
(Μασσαβάται/Massabátai, Μεσσαβάται/Messabátai, Latin Messabatae). Inhabitants of the region of Massabatice (Μασσαβατική/Massabatikḗ, Μεσ(σ)αβατική/Mes(s)abatikḗ), which was named after them, in southern Media or northern Elymaeis (Str. 11,13,6; 16,1,18; Plin. HN 6,134), or - less likely - south of the Elymaeis region in the northernmost part of Persis (Ptol. 6,4,3; cf. Plin. HN 6,135).
Kaletsch, Hans (Regensburg)
Bibliography
R. N. Frye, The History of Ancient Iran, 1984, 89.
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Kaletsch, Hans (Regensburg),
“Massabatae”, 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 28 March 2024 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1574-9347_bnp_e725850>
First published online: 2006
First print edition: 9789004122598, 20110510
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