Leuke Kome
Tabuk Region |
Leuke Kome (
Arabic: وادي عينونة), Saudi Arabia, but other theories suggest that it was located at al-Wajh
.
History
The port is known from
Geography and the Periplus of the Erythraean Sea.[3]
Now to the left of
merchandise imported, with an armed force, as a garrison.[4]
Roman invasion of Arabia
thus:
"After enduring great hardships and distress, he (
Nabataeans..."[5]
Leuke Kome was one of the main trading centers on the Red Sea.[6]
Location
Numerous locations for the village have been proposed:
- the most prominent suggestion is at Nabataean settlement are documented[7]
- others have favored al-Wajh, 250 km farther south, on topographical and literary grounds.[6]
- the Farasan Islands, off the coast of southern Saudi Arabia, based on the find of two Latin inscriptions documenting Roman military presence in the 2nd century
See also
- Mada'in Saleh
- Mount Arafat
References
- ISBN 9789004362321.
- ^ "Trade on the Red Sea". nabataea.net.
- ^ Gary K. Young, The Customs-Officer at the Nabataean Port of Leuke Kome ("Periplus Maris Erythraei" 19) Zeitschrift für Papyrologie und Epigraphik Bd. 119 (1997), pp. 266-268.
- ^ The Periplus of the Erythraean Sea 19.
- ^ Strabo:XVI.iv.24.
- ^ a b Dario Nappo, 'On the location of Leuke Kome' Journal of Roman Archaeology vol 23 2010 , pp. 335-348.
- ^ Ingraham et al. 1981 atlal 5, p. 76–78.
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