Damietta
- Ancient name
- Tamiathis
- Modern name
- Damietta
- Modern country
- Egypt
- Coordinates
- 31.42, 31.81
- World Historical Gazetteer
- https://whgazetteer.org/places/portal/8364269
Now Dumyāt, Egypt, a port city at the eastern end of the Nile delta, notable among Europeans of Dati's day for its role in the failed Fifth Crusade. Campbell #1545.
The toponym Damietta appears in La Sfera in the following places:
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Map of the location P051
Variant spellings of Damietta in Sfera manuscripts
| Variant | Manuscripts |
|---|---|
| amiata | He1 |
| da / mieta | Ricc1 |
| da miata | Barb3 |
| da[...] | Par1 |
| damiata | Bal, Borg, Chig1, Chig2, Con1, Con4, Fn12, Fn8, Fo, He2, Laur3, Laur5, Magl2, Marc1, Med1, Med2, NB, NYPL3, New, Pal5, Par4, Per2, Ricc11, Ricc12, Ricc13, Ricc15, Ricc8, Ro2, Spe, Tre, Urb1, Vat2 |
| Damiata | BL01, BL02, Con3, Med1, Morg, Par3, Parm2, Pnc4, Pnc5, Ricc14, Vat3 |
| dAmiAtA | Ricc9 |
| DAMIATA | Ashb3, Med3, Wie1 |
| damietta | Pal8 |
| damita | Barb4, Fn6 |
| Dammiata | Luc2 |
| damyata | Cs1 |
| dimiata | He3 |
| Domiata | Fn9 |
- Suggested citation
- Beneš, Carrie. “Damietta.” Gregorio Dati’s La sfera = The Globe: A Digital Edition, November 13, 2026. https://la-sfera-staging-a8db029690a6.herokuapp.com/toponyms/damietta/.