Ancyron Polis

ANCYRO´N POLIS(Ἀγκυρῶν πόλις, Ptol. 4.5.57; Steph. B. s. v.: 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.