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... leg[at]ionem delectus apud oppidum Nisibin, septem et triginta milibus...

Nisibis was the chief city of Mygdonia, a district in the north east of Mesopotamia, and still exists as 'Nisibin ' or ' Nessabin.' (The distance here specified favours the view identifying Tigrano- certa with Tell-Ermen.) Furneaux commentary (available from Google Books)