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TM Geo 269
Egypt - 2nd Upper Egyptian nome, Apollonopolites (Edfu) (U02)The region ca. 250 BC - provincia: AegyptusThe provincia ca. 200 AD - located on the western Nile bank - cf. also U02 Apollonopolites (TM Geo 2717), U02 Contra Apollonopolis (Redesiya) (TM Geo 2633), Djou-n-Djebaou (TM Geo 56956)
24.9795361111,32.8732936296 (Lat,Long)
Gods in this toponym: Apollon (TM God 105), Harbachtis (TM God 594)
Links: 4CARE/DEChriM, Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire, Pleiades, ToposText, Wikipedia, Wikipedia [2]
Status: city: polis
Greek name(s): Ἀπόλλωνος πόλις Μεγάλη - Βαχθις - πόλις Φοίβου
Latin name(s): Apollinis - Apollonos Superiore
Egyptian name(s): Ḏbȝ (Tbȝ - Dbȝ) - Bḥdt (Bḥt) - Msn
Coptic name(s): ⲉⲧⲃⲟ - ⲧⲃⲟ - ⲑⲃⲱ
Ethnic(s): Apollonopolites
Modern name(s): Edfu
Variants: Apollonopolis (Apollonos Polis - Apollinopolis) Megale (Magna) / Ano (Superior) - Apollonias - Behdet - Bachthis - Polis Phoibou - Mesen - Edfu - sites including the necropolis Hassaya (Hassaia, Hissaya - Nag' el-Hassaya, Nagʿ al-Hisâyâ)
Repertoria: Dizionario I 2, p. 151 (3); p. 157; p. 157-159 (1); p. 160 (4); p. 161 (1); p. 161-169 (1); p. 440 (quater); p. 440 (5); Suppl. 1, p. 48-49 (1 & 4); 49-50 (1); Suppl. 2, p. 23 (1); p. 23 (1); Suppl. 3, p. 19 (1); Suppl. 4, p. 18 (1); p. 18 (1); Suppl. 5, p. 17 (1); p. 23
Biblio: Wb 1, 1926, p. 470; Erichsen, Lesestücke II.2, 1940, p. 202; Erichsen, Glossar, 1954, p. 121; p. 316; p. 621-622; Vernus, LÄ VI, 1986, col. 323-331; Wilson, Ptolemaic lexikon, 1997, p. 326; CDD Ḏ, 2001, p. 29; CDD B, 2002, p. 2; p. 76-77; p. 99; Clarysse, Pap. Lup 14 (2005), p. 69; CDD Ḥ, 2009, p. 21; p. 179-180
Map: Arrowsmith, Map of Upper Egypt, 1807 (Edfou); Baines / Málek, Atlas, 2002(2), p. 71 (Edfu / Apollinopolis Magna / Djeba, Mesen); Baines / Málek, Atlas, 2002(2), p. 71 (Edfu pyramid); Ball, South-eastern Egypt, 1912, pl. 3 (Edfu); Barrington Atlas, 2000, pl. 80 B4 (Apollonopolis Magna); Belzoni, Narrative of the operations in Egypt and Nubia, 1820, pl. 38 (Apolinopolis Magna); Brun e.a. (ed.), Le désert oriental d'Égypte [Cuvigny], 2018, § 1 fig. 1 inset (Apollônos polis hè megalè (Idfu)); BSOAS 15 (1953), p. 28 (Apollinopolis); BSOAS 16 (1954), p. 212 (Apollinopolis); CdE 28 (1953), p. 127 fig. 13 inset (Apollinopolis); CdE 71 (1996), p. 318 (Edfu (Apollinopolis Magna)); Egyptian series 1:50,000, map NG 36 B6d, 1990 (Idfū); Floyer, Eastern desert or northern Etbai, 1893 (Edfu); Geographical journal 16 (1900), 5, p. 596 [c] (Edfu); Geological survey of Egypt (Cairo), 1979, map NG 36 (Idfu); JEA 11 (1925), p. 138 pl. 11 (Apollinopolis (Edfu)); JEA 39 (1953), p. 95 Vo (Apollinopolis); JEA 39 (1953), p. 95 Vo inset (Apollinopolis); Jomard, Carte itinéraire, 1820 (Edfoû / Apollinopolis Magna); Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society (1892), p. 812 (Edfo); NeHet 6 (2018), p. 32 fig. 1 (Edfu); Raimondi, Le désert oriental égyptien, 1923, pl. 8 (Edfou); Raimondi, Le désert oriental égyptien, 1923, pl. 9 (Edfou (Apolonopolis (sic) Magna)); Rifaud, Carte du cours du Nil, 1830 (Edfou / Apollinopolis); Said, The geology of Egypt, 1990, p. 546 (Idfu); Schott, Kanais (NAWGöttingen), 1961, pl. 20 (Edfu); Sidebotham / Gates-Foster (ed.), Survey of the desert roads, 2019, p. 4 (Apollinopolis Magna (Edfu)); Sidebotham / Gates-Foster (ed.), Survey of the desert roads, 2019, p. 52 fig. 2.1 (Apollonopolis Magna (Edfu)); Sidebotham / Gates-Foster (ed.), Survey of the desert roads, 2019, p. vi (Edfu); Sidebotham / Wendrich (ed.), Berenike 1995, 1996, fig. 1-1 (Edfu / Apollinopolis); Survey Department Cairo, 1907, map 1 (Edfu); Tabula Imperii Romani. Coptos, 1958 (Apollonopolis Magna / Idfu)
Note: new reading in SB 24 15945, 2 (personal name, no toponym; cf. Reiter, AfP 48 (2002), p. 133 (BL 13, 2017, p. 228))
TM id | Publication | Status | Material | Language | Date | Provenance |
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111406 | Gasse, Stèles d'Horus sur les crocodiles 3 | [found & written] | stone (limestone) | Hieroglyphic | BC11 - BC06 | Egypt, U02 - Apollonopolis (Edfu) [found & written] |
58319 | Zeitschrift für Ägyptische Sprache und Altertumskunde (ZÄS) 44 (1907-1908), p. 66 no. 16 | [found & written] | pottery | Hieroglyphic | BC10 - AD04 | Egypt, U02 - Apollonopolis (Edfu) [found & written] |
58348 | Zeitschrift für Ägyptische Sprache und Altertumskunde (ZÄS) 44 (1907-1908), p. 66 no. 18 | [found & written] | pottery | Hieroglyphic | BC10 - AD04 | Egypt, U02 - Apollonopolis (Edfu) [found & written] |
58349 | Zeitschrift für Ägyptische Sprache und Altertumskunde (ZÄS) 44 (1907-1908), p. 67 no. 21 | [found & written] | pottery | Hieroglyphic | BC10 - AD04 | Egypt, U02 - Apollonopolis (Edfu) [found & written] |
91953 | Zeitschrift für Ägyptische Sprache und Altertumskunde (ZÄS) 128 (2001), p. 32 n. 67 [Columbia 21.2.124] descr. | [found & written] | pottery | Demotic / Greek | BC07 - AD04 | Egypt, U02 - Apollonopolis (Edfu) [found & written] |
112239 | Munro, Totenstelen p. 249 no. Philadelphia 29-86-422 descr. | [found & written] | wood | Hieroglyphic | BC07 | Egypt, U02 - Apollonopolis (Edfu) [found & written] |
702661 | Jansen-Winkeln, Inschriften der Spätzeit 4.1 53.375 | [found & written] | stone (granite) | Hieroglyphic | BC07 | Egypt, U02 - Apollonopolis (Edfu) [found & written] |
702662 | Jansen-Winkeln, Inschriften der Spätzeit 4.1 53.376 | [found & written] | stone | Hieroglyphic | BC07 | Egypt, U02 - Apollonopolis (Edfu) [found & written] |
702664 | Jansen-Winkeln, Inschriften der Spätzeit 4.1 53.377 | [find place, place of writing & preservation] | stone | Hieroglyphic | BC07 | Egypt, U02 - Apollonopolis (Edfu), Hassaya [find place, place of writing & preservation] |
703210 | Jansen-Winkeln, Inschriften der Spätzeit 4.2 60.653 | [found & written] | stone? | Hieroglyphic | BC07 - BC06 | Egypt, U02 - Apollonopolis (Edfu), Hassaya [found & written] |
703227 | Jansen-Winkeln, Inschriften der Spätzeit 4.2 60.654 | [found & written] | stone? | Hieroglyphic | BC07 - BC06 | Egypt, U02 - Apollonopolis (Edfu), Hassaya [found & written] |
112374 | Jansen-Winkeln, Inschriften der Spätzeit 4.2 60.663 | [found & written] | stone | Hieroglyphic | BC07 - BC06 | Egypt, U02 - Apollonopolis (Edfu), Hassaya [found & written] |
48516 | Kamal, Stèles ptolémaïques (CGC) p. 9-10 no. 22008 | [found & written] | stone | Hieroglyphic | BC07 - BC06 | Egypt, U02 - Apollonopolis (Edfu), Hassaya [found & written] |
112236 | Munro, Totenstelen p. 251 no. Philip 29 descr. | [found & written] | stone | Hieroglyphic | BC07 - BC06 | Egypt, U02 - Apollonopolis (Edfu) [found & written] |
112237 | Munro, Totenstelen p. 251 no. Philip 30 descr. | [found & written] | stone | Hieroglyphic | BC07 - BC06 | Egypt, U02 - Apollonopolis (Edfu) [found & written] |
48517 | Recueil de travaux égyptiennes et assyriennes 23 (1901), p. 129-130 no. 182 d | [found & written] | stone (limestone) | Hieroglyphic | BC07 - BC06 | Egypt, U02 - Apollonopolis (Edfu), Hassaya [found & written] |
112026 | Jansen-Winkeln, Inschriften der Spätzeit 4.2 60.655 | [found & written] | stone (steatite) | Hieroglyphic | BC07 | Egypt, U02 - Apollonopolis (Edfu) (?) [found & written] |
703209 | Jansen-Winkeln, Inschriften der Spätzeit 4.2 60.652 | [found & written] | stone? | Hieroglyphic | BC07 - BC06 | Egypt, U02 - Apollonopolis (Edfu), Hassaya [found & written] |
111358 | Jansen-Winkeln, Inschriften der Spätzeit 4.2 60.656 | [found & written] | stone (limestone) | Hieroglyphic | BC07 - BC06 | Egypt, U02 - Apollonopolis (Edfu), Hassaya (?) [found & written] |
58561 | Jansen-Winkeln, Inschriften der Spätzeit 4.2 60.667 | [found & written] | stone | Hieroglyphic | BC07 - BC06 | Egypt, U02 - Apollonopolis (Edfu), Hassaya [found & written] |
58855 | Jansen-Winkeln, Inschriften der Spätzeit 4.2 60.660 | [found & written] | wood | Hieroglyphic | BC07 | Egypt, U02 - Apollonopolis (Edfu), Hassaya (?) [found & written] |
58681 | Munro, Totenstelen p. 247 no. Kairo T. 4/1/21/1 descr. | [found & written] | stone | Hieroglyphic | BC07 - BC06 | Egypt, U02 - Apollonopolis (Edfu) [found & written] |
58553 | Jansen-Winkeln, Inschriften der Spätzeit 4.2 60.658 | [found & written] | stone (limestone) | Hieroglyphic | BC06 | Egypt, U02 - Apollonopolis (Edfu), Hassaya [found & written] |
58555 | Jansen-Winkeln, Inschriften der Spätzeit 4.2 60.661 | [found & written] | stone | Hieroglyphic | BC06 | Egypt, U02 - Apollonopolis (Edfu), Hassaya [found & written] |
58570 | Jansen-Winkeln, Inschriften der Spätzeit 4.2 60.662 | [found & written] | stone | Hieroglyphic | BC06 | Egypt, U02 - Apollonopolis (Edfu), Hassaya [found & written] |
58560 | Jansen-Winkeln, Inschriften der Spätzeit 4.2 60.665 | [found & written] | stone | Hieroglyphic | BC06 | Egypt, U02 - Apollonopolis (Edfu), Hassaya [found & written] |
112294 | Munro, Totenstelen p. 249 no. Parke-Bernet 113 descr. | [found & written] | stone (limestone) | Hieroglyphic | BC06 | Egypt, U02 - Apollonopolis (Edfu) [found & written] |
48872 | Revue égyptologique 3 (1883-1885), p. 62-63 n. & pl. 1-2 | [found & written] | papyrus | Demotic | BC06 | Egypt, U02 - Apollonopolis (Edfu) (?) [found & written] |
45664 | P. Cattle 4 | [found & written] | papyrus | Demotic | BC06 | Egypt, U02 - Apollonopolis (Edfu) [found & written] |
45666 | P. Cattle 8 | [found & written] | papyrus | Demotic | BC06 | Egypt, U02 - Apollonopolis (Edfu) (?) [found & written] |
45667 | P. Cattle 9 + P. Cattle 14 | [found & written] | papyrus | Demotic | BC05 | Egypt, U02 - Apollonopolis (Edfu) (?) [found & written] |
108907 | Jewish inscriptions of Graeco-Roman Egypt (JIGRE) 139 | [found & written] | stone | Greek | BC04 - AD04 | Egypt, U02 - Apollonopolis (Edfu) [found & written] |
74270 | O. Edfou 2 256 descr. | [found & written] | pottery | Greek | BC04 - BC01 | Egypt, U02 - Apollonopolis (Edfu) [found & written] |
44283 | O. Edfou 3 370 | [found & written] | pottery | Greek | BC04 - BC01 | Egypt, U02 - Apollonopolis (Edfu) [found & written] |
45651 | P. Cattle 16 | [found & written] | papyrus | Demotic | BC04 | Egypt, U02 - Apollonopolis (Edfu) [found & written] |
69171 | Short Texts 3 2084 | [found & written] | stone (limestone) | Demotic | BC04 - BC03 | Egypt, U02 - Apollonopolis (Edfu) [found & written] |
45652 | Enchoria 13 (1985), p. 42 & 46 | [found & written] | papyrus | Demotic | BC04 | Egypt, U02 - Apollonopolis (Edfu) [found & written] |
46406 | P. Cairo 3 50151 descr. + P. Cairo 3 50152 descr. + P. Cairo 3 50158 descr. | [found & written] | papyrus | Demotic | BC04 | Egypt, U02 - Apollonopolis (Edfu) [found & written] |
46408 | P. Cairo 3 50153 descr. | [found & written] | papyrus | Demotic | BC04 | Egypt, U02 - Apollonopolis (Edfu) [found & written] |
46409 | P. Cairo 3 50154 | [found & written] | papyrus | Demotic | BC04 | Egypt, U02 - Apollonopolis (Edfu) [found & written] |
46411 | P. Cairo 3 50156 | [found & written] | papyrus | Demotic | BC04 | Egypt, U02 - Apollonopolis (Edfu) [found & written] |
46282 | P. Cairo 3 50159 | [found & written] | papyrus | Demotic | BC04 | Egypt, U02 - Apollonopolis (Edfu) [found & written] |
45650 | Serapis 7 (1981-1982), p. 13-14 | [found & written] | papyrus | Demotic | BC04 | Egypt, U02 - Apollonopolis (Edfu) [found & written] |
46718 | P. Cairo 3 50157 | [found & written] | papyrus | Demotic | BC04 | Egypt, U02 - Apollonopolis (Edfu) [found & written] |
46405 | Serapis 7 (1981-1982), p. 7-8 | [found & written] | papyrus | Demotic | BC04 | Egypt, U02 - Apollonopolis (Edfu) [found & written] |
45649 | MDAI Kairo 25 (1969), p. 224-225 | [found & written] | papyrus | Demotic | BC04 | Egypt, U02 - Apollonopolis (Edfu) [found & written] |
45648 | P. Eheverträge 8 + P. Lonsdorfer 1 | [found & written] | papyrus | Demotic | BC04 | Egypt, U02 - Apollonopolis (Edfu) [found & written] |
48470 | Allen, The Egyptian Book of the dead (Oriental Institute Publications 82) p. 16-39 & pl. 13-50 + Zeitschrift für Ägyptische Sprache und Altertumskunde (ZÄS) 133 (2006), p. 94-95 & pl. XXV-XXVI | [found & written] | papyrus | Demotic / Hieratic (Hieroglyphic) | BC04 - BC03 | Egypt, U02 - Apollonopolis (Edfu) (?) [found & written] |
90033 | Munro, Totenstelen p. 251 no. Hilton Price 2018 descr. | [found & written] | wood | Hieroglyphic | BC04 | Egypt, U02 - Apollonopolis (Edfu) [found & written] |
45662 | Bulletin de l‘Institut français d‘archéologie orientale (BIFAO) 81 (1981), p. 46 no. 1 & pl. X-XI | [found & written] | papyrus | Demotic | BC04 | Egypt, U02 - Apollonopolis (Edfu) [found & written] |
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