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Gebel el-Silsila, Ancient quarry

Location:

  • Egypt, Faţīrah
  • geo:24.591076,32.919804
  • Location uncertain

Class:

  • Castle
  • visible

Identifiers:

  • vici:place=13028

Annotations

There is no English annotation yet. Presented is an annotation in German.

Steinkastell ca. 141 x 111 m = ca. 1,57 ha

Mehrheit der Ostraca - bereits mit Trajan - aus dem 2. Jahrhundert

Bauinschrift 117-119 (Statthalternennung)

138 Winterlager der cohors II Ituraeorum

Steinkastell ca. 141 x 111 m = ca. 1,57 ha

Mehrheit der Ostraca - bereits mit Trajan - aus dem 2. Jahrhundert

Bauinschrift 117-119 (Statthalternennung)

138 Winterlager der cohors II Ituraeorum


Nearby

Kheny [Khenu, Gebel el-Silsila] (4 km)

Khenu - quarries on both sides of the Nile. Silsileh

Qurta, Rock Carvings (6 km)

Qurta Late Palaeolithic rock art

Kheny [Gebel el-Silsila] (6 km)

Egyptian Khenu modern:Jabal al-Silsila or Ǧabal as-Silsila


This object was added by Hartmann Linge on 2013-02-14. Last update by Hartmann Linge on 2013-02-14. Persistent URI: http://vici.org/vici/13028 . Download as RDF/XML, GeoJSON, KML.
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