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Summary
TABULA PEUTINGERIANA is the result of successive copies and overprints carried out at various times from one or several ancient originals. The oldest information probably goes back to before 79 AD (Pompeii), the newist to the 5th century (Constantinople).
The Detail shows the mesopotamian town Singara (now Sinjar) and the inhabitants of Mount Sinjar, the "Trogoditi. persi." (Troglodytae persiae)
Tags
maps of the sinjar mountains
maps of the ancient near east
sinjar
tabula peutingeriana
illuminated manuscripts
medieval manuscript
iran
Date
1265
Source
Wikimedia Commons
Link
Copyright info
public domain