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Tolometta

Ancient name
Ptolemais
Modern name
Tolmeita
Modern country
Libya
Tolometta was a port town in eastern Libya, about 110 km east of Benghazi. Its name is connected both to the ancient city of Ptolemais and the modern town of Tolmeita, on the same site. Like Berenice (Dati's Bernico), Ptolemais had been one of the 5 cities of the ancient Libyan Pentapolis. Campbell #1605.
Coordinates
32.71, 20.95

The toponym Tolometta appears in La Sfera in the following places:

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Map of the location P143

Variant spellings of Tolometta in Sfera manuscripts

Variant Manuscripts
[...]holomet[...] Par1
tollometa ME2
Tolmetta Ricc17
tolome / tta Ricc1
tolometa Magl4, Pad1, Wie1, Yale4
Tolometta Cap1, Clas2, Fo, Luc2, Marc2, Med1, Parm2
tolometta Bal, Fn9, He2, He3, Laur3, Laur5, Magl2, Marc1, NB, Pal8, Pnc5, Ricc8
tolonmetta Per2, Ricc15
Suggested citation
Beneš, Carrie. “Tolometta.” Gregorio Dati’s La sfera = The Globe: A Digital Edition, February 10, 2026. https://la-sfera-staging-a8db029690a6.herokuapp.com/toponyms/tolometta/.