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Upper Egypt

TM Geo 2766

Egypt - Upper Egypt (U) - provincia: Aegyptus - same as U Anocuram (TM Geo 8310)?; U Pathres (TM Geo 10612)? cf. Egypt (TM Geo 49)

Status: area: chora

Greek name(s): Ἄνω Αἴγυπτος - Ἄνω χώρα - Ἑρμῆς
Latin name(s): Aegyptus Superior
Egyptian name(s): Šmʿ (Šmȝ - Tȝ-šmʿ.w) - ʿ-rsy - *Mȝʿ-rs
Coptic name(s): ⲙⲁⲣⲏⲥ
Variants: Upper Egypt - Ano Aigyptos - Aegyptus Superior - Ano Chora - Hermes - Shema - A-resi ('Southern region') - Mares

Repertoria: Drew-Bear, Hermopolite, 1979, p. 347 (s.v. Mares); Gauthier, Dictionnaire VI, 1929, p. 34
Biblio: Sethe, ZÄS 44 (1907), p. 8-10; Griffith, P. Ryl. Dem., 1909, p. 425; Wb 2, 1927, p. 123; Wb 4, 1930, p. 472-475; Wb 5, 1931, p. 227; Erichsen, Lesestücke II.2, 1940, p. 201; Erichsen, Glossar, 1954, p. 174: p. 450; p. 509; P. Tebt. Tait, 1977, p. 4 n. c; Locher, Topographie Nilkatarakt, 1999, p. 257-258; Kockelmann, Die Toponymen- und Kultnamenlisten, 2002, p. 175-176; Smith, Papyrus Harkness, 2005, p. 125; CDD Š, 2010, p. 135-137; CDD T, 2012, p. 47
Map: Baines / Málek, Atlas, 2002(2), p. 14 (Upper Egypt); Gardiner, AEO 2, 1947, p. 23* (Upper Egypt); Gardiner, AEO 2, 1947, p. 3* (Upper Egypt); Gardiner, AEO 2, 1947, p. 51* (Upper Egypt); Gardiner, AEO 2, 1947, p. 99* (Upper Egypt); Jomard, Carte itinéraire, 1820 (Haute Egypte); Rifaud, Carte du cours du Nil, 1830 (Haute Egypte)

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TM GeoRef	Publication	Attestation	Material	Language	Date	Provenance

40994	Short Texts 3 2102 B, 2	ʿ-rsy	wood	Abnormal Hieratic	BC08 - BC06	Egypt, U04b - Memnoneia - Djeme (Thebes west), Asasif [found & written]
221905	Short Texts 3 1762, 4 [a]	Šmʿ	stone	Hieratic	BC08 - BC06	Egypt, U08 - Abydos [find place, place of writing & preservation]
242817	Dust, demons and pots. Studies in honour of Colin A. Hope (OLA 289) p. 715-737, 12	Šmʿ	pottery	Abnormal Hieratic	BC08	Egypt, Western desert, Oasis Magna - Mothis (Mut) [found & written]
39466	Revue d‘Égyptologie (RdE) 25 (1973), p. 203-204 & pl. 10-11, col. 1, 4	Šmʿ	papyrus	Abnormal Hieratic	BC07	Egypt, U04b - Thebes [found & written]
27859	P. Ryl. Vittmann p. 116-202, col. 14, 17 [a]	Šmʿ	papyrus	Demotic / Hieratic	BC06	Egypt, U20 - Ankyropolis (El-Hiba) [found & written]
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Upper Egypt

111 reference(s) to Upper Egypt in documentary sources→ see the 14 reference(s) in ancient authors instead→ see the 1177 attestations as provenance instead

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111 reference(s) to Upper Egypt in documentary sources
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