Historical place profile
Mopth(i?)
An ancient settlement and fort known in the 19th and 20th centuries as Henchir el-Ksar. It is located at the eastern foot of the Guellal-ta-Attar where lies the confluence of the Oued Safsaf and the Oued Ghriba (in the modern Algerian municipality of Beni Fouda, Sétif Province). It was on the main ancient route linking Sitifis and Cuicul.
Record details
- Research ID
- catholon:place:pleiades:305110
- Catalogue ID
- pleiades:305110
- Place type
- fort-2, settlement
- Coordinates
- 36.260331, 5.570665
- Precision
- precise
- Locator semantics
- representative_point_not_boundary
Historical description
An ancient settlement and fort known in the 19th and 20th centuries as Henchir el-Ksar. It is located at the eastern foot of the Guellal-ta-Attar where lies the confluence of the Oued Safsaf and the Oued Ghriba (in the modern Algerian municipality of Beni Fouda, Sétif Province). It was on the main ancient route linking Sitifis and Cuicul.
Geographic evidence
The coordinates are a representative_point_not_boundary. They identify a research anchor and do not by themselves assert an ancient administrative boundary or the full extent of the settlement.
Provenance: Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 31 D4 Mopth(i?)
Source and reuse
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