Herodotus, Histories, ed. A.D. Godley, 2.96.1

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The boats in which they carry cargo are made of the acacia,¹ which is most like the lotus of Shahhat [21.866,32.833] (inhabited place), Al Jabal al Akhdar, Libya, Africa Cyrene in form, and its sap is gum. Of this tree they cut logs of four feet long and lay them like courses of bricks,² and build the boat

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[1] τὰ δὲ δὴ πλοῖά σφι, τοῖσι φορτηγέουσι, ἐστὶ ἐκ τῆς ἀκάνθης ποιεύμενα, τῆς ἡ μορφὴ μὲν ἐστὶ ὁμοιοτάτη τῷ Κυρηναίῳ λωτῷ, τὸ δὲ δάκρυον κόμμι ἐστί. ἐκ ταύτης ὦν τῆς ἀκάνθης κοψάμενοι ξύλα ὅσον τε διπήχεα πλινθηδὸν συντιθεῖσι ναυπηγεύμενοι τρόπον τοιόνδε·

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1. The “Mimosa Nilotica,” still used for boat-building in Egypt [30,27] (nation), Africa Egypt .

2. That is, like bricks laid not one directly over another but with the joints alternating.

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