Sais
Sais was an ancient Egyptian town located in the Western Nile Delta on the Canopic branch of the Nile river. It served as the provincial capital of Sap-Meh, the fifth nome of Lower Egypt, and became a capital during the Twenty-fourth Dynasty (ca. 732–720 BC) as well as during the Late Period. Herodotus claimed that Osiris was buried at Sais. Other Greek authors, including Plato, maintained a connection between Sais and the goddess Athena.
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 74 D3 Sais
Sais was an ancient Egyptian town located in the Western Nile Delta on the Canopic branch of the Nile river. It served as the provincial capital of Sap-Meh, the fifth nome of Lower Egypt, and became a capital during the Twenty-fourth Dynasty (ca. 732–720 BC) as well as during the Late Period. Herodotus claimed that Osiris was buried at Sais. Other Greek authors, including Plato, maintained a connection between Sais and the goddess Athena.
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Sais
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Maspero 1919 116
BAtlas 74 D3 Sais
Wikipedia (English) Sais, Egypt
LexÄgypt 5 355-57
ToposText Sais (Egypt)
Bernand 1970 499-500
Hdt. (Godley: Perseus) 2.170
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Σάι
Equivalent to "inhabited place" as defined by the Getty Art and Architecture Thesaurus: General term for places or areas occupied, modified, or planned to be inhabited by communities of human populations and that contain enough societal functions to be relatively self-sufficient. They are characterized by inhabitants living in neighboring sets of living quarters and by the place having a proper name or a locally recognized status.
settlement
The Archaic period in Greek and Roman history. For the purposes of Pleiades, this period is seen to begin in the year 750 and end in the year 550 before the birth of Christ. [[-750, -550]]
Archaic (Greco-Roman; 750-550 BCE/BC)
The Hellenistic period in Greek history and the middle-to-late Republican period in Roman history. For the purposes of Pleiades, this period is said to begin in the year 330 and end in the year 30 before the birth of Christ. [[-330, -30]]
Hellenistic Greek, Roman Republic (330 BC-30 BC)
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1:500,000 scale representative point location digitized from the Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World by the Digital Atlas of Roman and Medieval Civilizations project at Harvard University.
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The Classical period in Greek and Roman history. For the purposes of Pleiades, this period is said to begin in the year 550 and end in the year 330 before the birth of Christ. [[-550, -330]]
Classical (Greco-Roman; 550 BC-330 BC)
The Late Antique period in Greek and Roman history. For the purposes of Pleiades, this period is said to begin in the year 300 and to end in the year 640 after the birth of Christ. [[300, 640]]
Late Antique (AD 300-AD 640)
The Roman period (i.e., the early Roman Empire) in Greek and Roman history. For the purposes of Pleiades, this period is said to begin in the year 30 before the birth of Christ and to end in the year 300 after the birth of Christ. [[-30, 300]]
Roman, early Empire (30 BC-AD 300)
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DARMC location 14563
640
Pleiades
Modern Arabic name of Sais.
1700
GeoNames Şā al Ḩajar
Our present, modern era. [[1700, 2100]]
Modern (AD 1700-Present)
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Ṣa el-Ḥagar
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Ṣân el-Ḥagar
Şā al Ḩajar
Ṣa el-Ḥagar
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Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire (2012-10-15)
Representative point location, site precision
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DARE Location
640
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 74 D3 Sais
-750
Hdt. (Godley: Perseus) 2.170
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Sais
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Sais
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