A Roman Mosaic of a Giraffe found in Libanon 5th century

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Skariphos of Tebel (555)
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Taken from: Youssouf Kamal: Monumenta Cartographica Africae et Aegypti

(fragment is Syriac )
Kuch interior: The mountain Laines from where the three lakes of the Nile take the snow. To the east of the Mountain live Man eating people. In the interior those of Rapsaye.
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Note: Skariphos means pensil
            Tebel means inhabited world