SIRBITUM a city of Aethiopia, above which the mountains cease, and at a distance of 14 days' sail from Meroë. (Plin. Nat. 6.30. s. 35.) From these particulars Mannert (x. pt. 1. p. 171) is induced to regard it as the modern Senaar. [T.H.D]
Sirbitum, i, n., a city in Ethiopia , Plin. 6, 30, 35, § 194 al. ...
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