Sidi-Saïd

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: R.B. Hitchner

Contributors: DARMC, R. Talbert, R. Warner, Jeffrey Becker, Sean Gillies, Tom Elliott

Last modified Jul 22, 2025 06:11 PM — History

tags: dare:ancient=1, dare:feature=settlement, dare:major=0

Tunisian location of ruins of an "agglomération urbain" tentatively identified in AAT with the attested "Elephantaria" (whence BAtlas).

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/314951

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
36.657933, 9.524385

Locations:

Representative Locations:
- Imagery Location: Sidi-Saïd after AAT (AD 300 - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 5 meters.

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Less than certain: Clefantaria (Latin, AD 300 - AD 640)
- Less than certain: Elephantaria (Latin, 30 BC - AD 640)

Sidi-Saïd makes connections with:

None

Sidi-Saïd receives connections from:

None

Place type:
settlement

References:

Evidence:

TP (Talbert: CUP) 4C3 (Talbert 75)

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Related:

Initial Provenance:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 32 E3 Elephantaria?

Details:

The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Sidi-Said

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Suggested citation:
R.B. Hitchner, DARMC, R. Talbert, R. Warner, Jeffrey Becker, Sean Gillies, and Tom Elliott, 'Sidi-Saïd: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2025 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/314951> [accessed: 11 February 2026]

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            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/314951 |title=Places: 314951 (Sidi-Saïd) |author=Hitchner, R. |accessdate=February 11, 2026 10:26 am |publisher=Pleiades}}