Sava fl./Nasabath fl.
natural · 30 BC – 2100 AD
An ancient river of Mauretania. Gsell (whence BAtlas) argues that the name Nasabath (provided by Ptolemy) corresponds to the modern Oued Soummam, which empties into the Mediterranean just south of the ancient site of Saldae (modern Béjaïa, Algeria). Other contemporary testimony makes clear this river also bore the name Sava and that this name extended upstream to include the modern Oued Bou Sellam, one of the two major tributaries (together with the Oued Sahel = ancient Phoimios) of the Oued Soummam.
- Coordinates
- 36.47336, 4.78990
- Also known as
- Nasabath, Sava
- Dating
- attested
Sources
- Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)