Asphaltītes, ae, m., = Ἀσφαλτίτης; also Asphaltites lacus, = Ἀσφαλτῖτις λίμνη,
Lake Asphaltites ( the Dead Sea ), in Palestine , Plin. 5, 15, 15, § 71; 5, 16, 15, § 72; cf. Mann. Palaest. p. 261.