LEPTE
LEPTE (
Λεπτικὴ ἄκρα, Ptol,. 4.5;
Plin. Nat. 6.29 s. 34), the modern
Ras-el-Auf, in lat. 23° N., was a headland of Upper Egypt, upon the confines of Aethiopia, which projected into the Red Sea at Sinus Immundus (
Foul Bay).
It formed the extremity of a volcanic range of rocks abounding in mines of gold, copper and topaz.
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