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I've been trying to connect up the Periplus of the Erythraean Sea with historical sites and probable locations as described in the Periplus.
These are of course the Greek names for these towns, which are often quite different from the native ones. The use of "Berber" in the Periplus does not neccisarily connect with the well known modern usage of the word, for north African peoples.
The towns correspond on the map with:
Avalites: Zeila or nearby
Malao: Berbera or nearby
Mundus: By a circular bay near Karin, behind the little island in the center of the bay.
Mosyllon: Either Geilweite or Mait
Aromata: East of Damo, right on the tip of the horn of Africa.
Tabae: Somewhere on the Ras Hafun peninsula
Pano: A village located somwhere near Bandar Beyla
Opone: Somewhere close to Eyl.
Sarapion: A town beyond the "barren bluffs and beaches of Azania" (a reference to Mudug and Galgadud coasts) and a considerable distance from Opone. Likely this is the Sabaean town of Shingani.
Nicon: The next town down the coast, Baraawe was also originally a Sabaean trade post and is likely the town the greeks called Nicon.