NYMPHAEUS
NYMPHAEUS (
Amm. Marc. 18.9.3;
Νύμφιος, Procop. B. P. 1.8, 21; Suidas, s. v.), an affluent of the Tigris, 240 stadia from Amida, and the boundary between the Roman and the Persian empires. Bitter (
Erdkunde, vol. x. p. 98) identifies it with the
Zibeneh Sú. (
London Geog. Journ. vol. x. p. 363; comp. St. Martin,
Mém. sur l'Armenie, vol. i. p. 166; Le Beau,
Bas Empire, vol. v. p. 248.)
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