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Alle sorgenti del Cinyps

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  03 March 2015

G. Cifani  and
M. Munzi
G. Cifani
Affiliation:
Missione Archeologica, dell'Università RomaTre a Leptis Magna
M. Munzi
Affiliation:
Missione Archeologica, dell'Università RomaTre a Leptis Magna
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Abstract

This paper deals with the location of the springs of the river Cinyps in Tripolitania by comparing literary sources with topographic and archaeological data provided by explorers and by geoarchaeological studies carried out by the University of Rome III mission in collaboration with the Department of Antiquities between 1998 and 2000.

Although the Cinyps may be identified with the drainage basin of Wadi Taraglat, some 80 km long, its springs were located within a strip 3.6 km (20 stadia) from the coast in a reach known as Wadi Caam. These were the springs that supplied the Hadrianic Baths of Lepcis Magna in all probability by means of the scheme put in place by Q. Servilius Candidus in AD119-120.

Field reconnaissance and cartographic analysis rule out the presence of springs any further inland. The claim by Herodotus (IV, 175) that the springs of the Cinyps were located near the Hill of the Graces 200 km (36 km) from the coast may thus be considered an error in the tradition handed down in the text.

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Libyan Studies , Volume 34 , 2003 , pp. 85 - 100
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Copyright © Society for Libyan Studies 2003

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