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Thumata (Greek: Θουμάτα, Thoumata), or Thamatha, was an Arabian town of classical antiquity.

History

Thumata was a town of Arabia Felix, according to Ptolemy, and described by Pliny as distant ten days' sail from Petra, and subject to the king of the Characeni.

References

1. Ptol. vi. 7. § 33.
2. Plin. NH. vi. 28. s. 32.
3. Not. Imp. Rom. § 22, p. 37.
4. ^ Dyer 1857, p. 1191.

Sources

• Dyer, Thomas H. (1857). "Thumata". In Smith, William (ed.). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. Vol. 2: Iabadius–Zymethus. London: Walton and Maberly. p. 1191. This article incorporates text from this source, which is in the public domain.

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