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So-called Area L in Berenike

a Pleiades place resource

Creators: Valeria Vitale

Contributors: Jeffrey Becker

Last modified Jun 07, 2016 02:38 PM — History

The ruins of an ancient building with a large peristyle, probably built around the second century AD, in the southwest area of the archaeological site of Sidi Khiribech, in Berenike (modern Banghazi).

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Canonical URI for this page:
https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/989143586

Representative Point (Latitude, Longitude):
32.1244806, 20.0622369

Locations:

Representative Locations:
- OSM location of Area L in Sidi Khiribech (Berenike) (330 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.

Names:

Geographic Names:
- Area L (English, modern)
- Casa L (Italian, modern)

So-called Area L in Berenike makes connections with:

So-called Area L in Berenike located at Berenice (unspecified date range)

So-called Area L in Berenike receives connections from:

None

Place type:
architectural complex

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Initial Provenance:
Pleiades

Details:

As with the other buildings in Sidi Khiribech, the ruins look to have been refurbished and rebuilt at least several times during their lifetime. A public use (possibly baths?) has been suggested by some scholars.

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Suggested citation:
Valeria Vitale, and Jeffrey Becker, 'So-called Area L in Berenike: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2016 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/989143586> [accessed: 26 November 2024]

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            {{cite web |url=https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/989143586 |title=Places: 989143586 (So-called Area L in Berenike) |author=Vitale, V. |accessdate=November 26, 2024 1:56 pm |publisher=Pleiades}}

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So-called Area L in Berenike