Arōmatōn Emporion
Information from the Periplus
Ancient Toponym: Arōmatōn Emporion
Place Type: Port of trade
Route: Western route
Next on Route: Tabai
Ancient Area: Africa
Periplus Chapter: PME, Ch. 12
Topographic info
Longitude 50.948956
Latitude 11.825923
Location Source: Pleiades
Modern Identification: Olok/Aromata
Modern Country: Somalia
Passage from the Periplus
Beyond this, with the coast by now trending to the south, is the Spice Port and a promontory, the last along the coast of the country of the Barbaroi towards the east, a precipitous one. The harbor, an open roadstead, is dangerous at times, because the site is exposed to the north. A local indication of a coming storm is when the depths become rather turbid and change color; when this happens, all take refuge at the big promontory, a site that offers shelter, called Tabai. The port of trade [sc. the Spice Port] likewise offers a market for the aforementioned. Its products are: cassia, gizeir, asyphe, aroma, magla, moid, frankincense. (from the Casson translation)
Bibliography
Ancient source: Ptolemy, 4.7.3
Bibliography: nan