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[3] παραπλεύσαντι δὲ τῆς Ἀραβίας εἰς δισχιλίους καὶ τετρακοσίους σταδίους ἐν βαθεῖ κόλπῳ κεῖται πόλις Γέρρα, Χαλδαίων φυγάδων ἐκ Βαβυλῶνος οἰκούντων γῆν ἁλμυρίδα καὶ ἐχόντων ἁλίνας τὰς οἰκίας. ἐπεὶ δὲ λεπίδες τῶν ἁλῶν ἀφιστάμεναι κατὰ τὴν ἐπίκαυσιν τὴν ἐκ τῶν ἡλίων συνεχεῖς ἀποπίπτουσι, καταρραίνοντες ὕδασι πυκνὰ τοὺς τοίχους συνέχουσι. διέχει δὲ τῆς θαλάττης διακοσίους σταδίους ἡ πόλις: πεζέμποροι δ᾽ εἰσὶν οἱ Γερραῖοι τὸ πλέον τῶν Ἀραβίων φορτίων καὶ ἀρωμάτων. Ἀριστόβουλος δὲ τοὐναντίον φησὶ τοὺς Γερραίους τὰ πολλὰ σχεδίαις εἰς τὴν Βαβυλωνίαν ἐμπορεύεσθαι, ἐκεῖθεν δὲ τῷ Εὐφράτῃ τὰ φορτία ἀναπλεῖν εἰς Θάψακον, εἶτα πεζῇ κομίζεσθαι πάντῃ.
Strabo. ed. A. Meineke, Geographica. Leipzig: Teubner. 1877.
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