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Isla Escombreras

island

Ancient

Scombraria Ins.

Ancient
Scombraria Ins.
Type
island

Scombraria (island)

Pleiades ID: 266032

island

Description

Ancient Scombraria has been identified with the modern Isla de Escombreras at the entrance to the bay of Cartagena. Strabo reports that the island's name is derived from the mackerel harvested there that are in turn used to manufacture garum.

Evidence

  • Str. (Meineke: Perseus) 3.4.6
    Strabo. Strabonis Geographica: recognovit Augustus Meineke. Edited by August Meineke. 3 in 2 vols. Lipsiae, 1877.
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See Further

  • BAtlas 27 E4 Scombraria Ins.
    Talbert, Richard J. A., ed. Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World. Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press, 2000. http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/43970336.
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  • Schulten 1959 I, 355
    Schulten, Adolf. Geografía y Etnografía Antiguas de La Peninsula Ibérica. 2 vols. Madrid: Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas, Instituto Rodrigo Caro de Arqueología, 1959.

Names

grc

Citation Information

P.O. Spann. "Scombraria (island)" Pleiades, 05 July 2022. https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/266032.
Last modified: 2022-07-05T21:37:59Z

Nearby Points of Interest

Cartagena

4742m away

Location

37.55911, -0.96882