Muza and Musa and Mousa (Ancient Greek: Μύζα and Μοῦσα and Μοῦζα and Μούζα) was an important emporion on the Arabian coast of the Red Sea at the Arabia Felix near the Strait of Bab-el-Mandeb in modern Yemen.[1][2][3] Now it is inland from the modern port city of Mokha due to the recession of the coast.[1]
The city was mentioned at the Periplus of the Erythraean Sea,[4] Pliny the Elder's Natural History[5] and the Ptolemy's Geography.[1][4]
Pliny describe the Musa as the third port of Arabia Felix.[5][1] The Periplus of the Erythraean Sea has detailed description of its trade.[1]
References
- 1 2 3 4 5 Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854), MUZA
- ↑ Harry Thurston Peck, Harpers Dictionary of Classical Antiquities (1898), Musa
- ↑ Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography (1854), Arabia
- 1 2 Periplus of the Erythraean Sea, 7, 16, 17, 21, 24, 28
- 1 2 Pliny the Elder, The Natural History, 6.26
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