Zygris

Zygris
Zygris
Location in Egypt
Coordinates: 31°12′N 27°55′E / 31.200°N 27.917°E / 31.200; 27.917
CountryEgypt
Elevation
2 m (7 ft)
Time zoneUTC+2 (EST)

Zygris (Greek: Ζυγρίς; the inhabitants were called Zygritae, Ζυγρῖται) was a small town in the Roman province of Marmarica, a province also known as Libya Inferior. It was in the eastern part of this region, which some geographers considered a separate area, called Libycus Nomus, distinct from both Marmarica and Aegyptus. It may have been located at Zaviet-El-Chammas in modern Egypt. Diderot's Encyclopedia gave Solonet as its modern name.

Ptolemy describes it as only a village.

An ancient guide for sailing, the Stadiasmus Maris Magni, says that there was at Zygris an islet at which it was possible to put in and find water on the shore.