Opōnē

Information from the Periplus

Ancient Toponym: Opōnē
Place Type: Port of trade
Route: Western route
Next on Route: Puralaōn Islands
Ancient Area: Africa
Periplus Chapter: PME, Ch. 13, 14

Topographic info

Longitude 51.286582
Latitude 10.4118
Location Source: Pleiades

Modern Identification: Ras Hafūn
Modern Country: Somalia

Bibliography

Ancient source: nan

Bibliography: Chittick (1979). “Early Ports in the Horn of Africa,” International Journal of Nautical Archaeology and Underwater Exploration, vol. 8, p. 273-277: 276

Bibliography: Smith (1988). “The ceramics from Ras Hafun in Somalia: notes on a classical maritime site,” Azania: The Journal of the British Institute in Eastern Africa, vol. 23, p. 115-41: 116-18.