Thumata Explained

Thumata (Greek: Θουμάτα, Thoumata),^{[1] [2]} or Thamatha,^[3] 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.^[4]

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.