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(Neo-Punic Ṣbrt[]n).
I. History
One of the three Phoenician cities of African Tripolis, 65 km west of Tripoli, Libya (Ps.-Scyl. 110 and Str. 17,3,18: Ἀβρότονον/Abrótonon (?); Steph. Byz. s. v. Ἀβρότονον (?); Plin. HN 5,25; 35: Sabrata; 27: Habrotonum; Sil. Pun. 3,256: S.; Ptol. 4,3,12: Σάβραθα/Sábratha; Stadiasmus maris magni 99 f.: Σαράθρα/Saráthra or Ἀλάθρα/Aláthra; It. Ant. 61,3: Sabrata c…