Usually transliterated Sabta. Josephus identifies this nation with the Astaborans. The Talmud identifies it with outer Takistan, see S'bha. The Targum renders it S'midai, Smadai or Samrai, a Cushite tribe, possibly . Lembrit(?) to the south of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mero%C3%AB Mero]. The Sabrata of North Africamight prove to have E2 Haplogroup genes among them indicating their origin from here.
