Ptolemaeus Arabus et Latinus

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πρὸς ἄρκτους ‘towards the north’

Greek

Translated into:
References:	Alm. Heiberg: I.5, 19:10-11; II.6, 108:6
Arabic:	من ناحية الشمال [Alm. MS Tunis: 23b.28-29]
Arabic:	إلى ناحية الشمال [Alm. MS Leiden: f. 18r]
Arabic:	إلى الشمال [Alm. MS Tunis: ]
Modern translations:
English:	towards the north [Alm. Toomer: 42]