Eastern desert - Alabastritis
Epiphanios, De xii gemmis
Passus 10 (p. 746) [a]: Alabastri [ethnic]
| Date: | AD 315 - 403 |
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| Status: | ethnicon (group) |
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| Details: | '... they (sc. in India) showed (the topazium) to some Alabastri merchants and sold it (to them) for a small price; the Alabastri sold it also to the Thebaei for a higher price; the Thebaei offered it nevertheless to the queen that at that time ruled. ...' |
| Bibliography: | Dizionario I 1, p. 51 |
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