Colthene

COLTHE´NE(Κολθηνή, Ptol. 5.13), a district in the E. of Armenia, on the banks of the Araxes. St. Martin ( Mém. sur l'Armenie, vol. 1. p. 127) identifies it with Koghthenin Vasbouragan. (Comp. Ritter, Erdkunde, vol. 10. p. 547.)