Nymphaeus

NYMPHAEUS(Ammian. 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. 10. p. 98) identifies it with the Zibeneh Sú. ( London Geog. Journ. vol. 10. p. 363; comp. St. Martin, Mém. sur l'Armenie, vol. 1. p. 166; Le Beau, Bas Empire, vol. 5. p. 248.)
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