Histories

Herodotus

Herodotus. Godley, Alfred Denis, translator. Cambridge, MA; London: Harvard University Press; William Heinemann, Ltd., 1920-1925 (printing).

The sixth province was Egypt [30,27] (nation), Africa Egypt and the neighboring parts of Libya [17,25] (nation), AfricaLibya, and Shahhat [21.866,32.833] (inhabited place), Al Jabal al Akhdar, Libya, AfricaCyrene and +Al Marj [20.833,32.5] (inhabited place), Al Jabal al Akhdar, Libya, Africa Barca, all of which were included in the province of Egypt [30,27] (nation), Africa Egypt. From here came seven hundred talents, besides the income in silver from the fish of the Birkat Qarun [30.666,29.466] (salt lake), Egypt, Africalake Moeris;

besides that silver and the assessment of grain that was given also, seven hundred talents were paid; for a hundred and twenty thousand bushels of grain were also assigned to the Persians quartered at the White Wall of Mit Rahina [31.25,29.85] (inhabited place), Giza, Upper Egypt, Egypt, AfricaMemphis and their allies.