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ID: 7032847 Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/7032847			Record Type: administrative

Aggar (deserted settlement)

Note: Ancient community on an important mountain pass, Foum el Afrit; today all that is left of it is ruins. Aggar appears in the Peutinger Table between Althiburos and Thysdrus, halfway between Uzappa and Aqua Regia; it is also mentioned by Arab writers who refer to it as a station on the road from Jelloula to Lorbeus.

Names:

Aggar (preferred,C,V)

‘Aqqār (C,V)

Henchir Sidi Amara (C,V)

Hierarchical Position:

World (facet)

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Africa (continent) (P)

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Tūnis (nation) (P)

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Siliana (governorate) (P)

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Aggar (deserted settlement) (P)

Place Types:

deserted settlement (preferred, C)
archaeological site (C)
inhabited place (H)

Sources and Contributors:

Aggar..........	[VP Preferred]
..............	Canby, Archaeological Sites of Israel, Egypt, and North Africa (1990) 213
..............	Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites (1976)

‘Aqqār..........	[VP]
.................	Archaeology Magazine [online] (2000-)

Henchir Sidi Amara..........	[VP]
...................................	Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites (1976)

Subject: .....	[VP]
..................	Canby, Archaeological Sites of Israel, Egypt, and North Africa (1990) 213


Note:
English	..........	[VP]
	..........	Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites (1976)

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