PAL

Ptolemaeus Arabus et Latinus

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شهر توت من شهور القبط ‘Thoth according to the Egyptians’

Arabic

References: PH Morelon: I.8:4, 27:14-15
Translation of:
Greek: κατ’ Αἰγυπτίους Θώθ [PH Heiberg: I.8:4, 80:22]
Modern translations:
French: le mois copte de Toth [PH Morelon: I.8:4, 26:18]
German: der ägyptische Monat Thoth [PH Nix: I.8:4, 81:26]