Tagging of places in IRCyr and IRT

Cyrenaica

There are more cities represented in IRCyr (5 + Gebel) than there were in InsAph (1!), so place tagging is slightly more relevant to us.

Regions

The region is always Cyrenaica/Libya, which is indicated using the following two tags (in the teiHeader):

• <geogName type="ancientRegion" key="Cyrene">Cyrenaica</geogName>
• <geogName type="modernCountry" key="LY">Libya</geogName>

Cities

The five cities of the Pentapolis are tagged as follows:

Ancient names:

• <placeName type="ancientFindspot" key="http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/373732">Apollonia</placeName>
• <placeName type="ancientFindspot" key="http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/373757">Berenike</placeName>
• <placeName type="ancientFindspot" key="http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/373778">Cyrene</placeName>
• <placeName type="ancientFindspot" key="http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/373879">Ptolemais</placeName>
• <placeName type="ancientFindspot" key="http://pleiades.stoa.org/places/373736">Taucheira</placeName>

Modern names:

• <placeName type="modernFindspot" key="http://www.geonames.org/81584/susah.html">Marsa Suza</placeName>
• <placeName type="modernFindspot" key="http://www.geonames.org/88319/banghazi.html">Benghazi</placeName>
• <placeName type="modernFindspot" key="http://www.geonames.org/82972/shahhat.html">Shahat</placeName>
• <placeName type="modernFindspot" key="http://www.geonames.org/89183/ad-dirsiyah.html">Tolmeita</placeName>
• <placeName type="modernFindspot" key="http://www.geonames.org/88834/tocra.html">Tocra</placeName>

Minor Sites

South of Berenike

• Ajdabia
• Arae Philaenorum
• etc.

Berenike to Taucheira

• ...

Al Marj and sites to the South-East

• ...

Between Bayyadah and Cyrene

• ...

Between Cyrene and Darnah

• ...

Darnah and Sites to the East

• ...

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Tripolitania

Regions

The region is always Tripolitania/Libya, which is indicated using the following two tags (in the teiHeader):

• <geogName type="ancientRegion" key="Tripolitania">Tripolitania</geogName>
• <geogName type="modernCountry" key="LY">Libya</geogName>

Cities

The three cities in IRT are:

Ancient Names:

• <placeName type="ancientFindspot" key="http://atlantides.org/batlas/abrotonum-sabratha-35-e2">Sabratha</placeName>
• <placeName type="ancientFindspot" key="http://atlantides.org/batlas/oea-35-f2">Oea</placeName>
• <placeName type="ancientFindspot" key="http://atlantides.org/batlas/neapolis-lepcis-magna-35-g2">Lepcis Magna</placeName>

Modern Names:

• <placeName type="modernFindspot" key="http://www.geonames.org/2208578/marsa-zawaghah.html">Marsa Zawaghah</placeName>
• <placeName type="modernFindspot" key="http://www.geonames.org/2210247/tripoli.html">Tripoli</placeName>
• <placeName type="modernFindspot" key="http://www.geonames.org/2215692/lebda.html">Lebda</placeName>

Other locational groupings:

• Coastal Belt
• Sirtica
• Gefara
• Western Djebel
• Eastern Djebel
• Upper Sofeggin Region
• Middle and Lower Sofeggin Basin
• Wadi Zemzem
• Oulying Oases (Ghadames and Bu=Ngam)
• Milestones