ANCYRO´N POLIS
ANCYRO´N POLIS (
Ἀγκυρῶν πόλις,
Ptol. 4.5.57;
Steph. B. sub voce: Eth.
Ἀγκυροπολίτης), was a town of Middle Egypt, 10 miles southward of the Heptanomite Aphroditopolis.
It derived its appellation from the manufacture of stone anchors cut from the neighbouring quarries.
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