Now it has been seen that on its northern and inland side, running from the Ister, Scythia (region (general)), AsiaScythia is bounded first by the Agathyrsi, next by the Neuri, next by the Man-eaters, and last by the Black-cloaks.

Scythia (region (general)), AsiaScythia, then, is a four-sided country, two of whose sides are coastline, the frontiers running inland and those that are by the sea making it a perfect square;

for it is a ten days' journey from the Ister to the +Dnepr (river), Europe Borysthenes, and the same from the +Dnepr (river), Europe Borysthenes to the Maeetian lake; and it is a twenty days' journey from the sea inland to the country of the Black-cloaks who live north of Scythia (region (general)), AsiaScythia.