Jerba
- Ancient name
- Meninx
- Modern name
- Djerba
- Modern country
- Tunisia
- Coordinates
- 33.78, 10.88
- World Historical Gazetteer
- https://whgazetteer.org/places/portal/8364039
The island of Djerba or Jerba is a large island in the Gulf of Gabès (Capesse), east of Capesse itself. While Djerba is a large and strategically important island along the Tunisian coast, it is only labeled as such in three Sfera manuscripts, while the relatively minor sandbar of Rasamabes (130 kilometers southeast along the coast) appears much more frequently. it is therefore possible that the many references to Rasamabes are actually intended to point to Jerba. Campbell #1661.
This toponym does not appear in the poem, only on the maps accompanying it.
Map of the location M009
- Suggested citation
- Beneš, Carrie. “Jerba.” Gregorio Dati’s La sfera = The Globe: A Digital Edition, November 13, 2026. https://la-sfera-staging-a8db029690a6.herokuapp.com/toponyms/jerba/.