Places (GEO)

List of Egyptian nomes (ca. 3rd cent. BC)

Siglum and short name Name
L Lower Egypt Lower Egypt
L00 Alexandria Egypt, Alexandria
L01 Memphites 1st Lower Egyptian nome, Memphites (Memphis, Meidum; incl. former 21st UEg nome)
L02 Letopolites 2nd Lower Egyptian nome, Letopolites (Ausim)
L03 Gynaikopolites 3rd Lower Egyptian nome, Gynaikopolites (Kom el-Hisn, Damanhur)
L04 Prosopites 4th Lower Egyptian nome, Prosopites (Zawyet Razin)
L05 Saites 5th Lower Egyptian nome, Saites (Sa el-Hagar)
L06 Xoites 6th Lower Egyptian nome, Xoites (Sakha)
L07 Menelaites 7th Lower Egyptian nome, Menelaites (El-Giza)
L08 Heroopolites 8th Lower Egyptian nome, Heroopolites (Tell el-Maskhuta)
L09 Bousirites 9th Lower Egyptian nome, Bousirites (Abusir)
L10 Athribites 10th Lower Egyptian nome, Athribites (Tell Athrib)
L11 Leontopolites 11th Lower Egyptian nome, Leontopolites (Tell el-Muqdam)
L12 Sebennytes 12th Lower Egyptian nome, Sebennytes (Samanud)
L13 Heliopolites 13th Lower Egyptian nome, Heliopolites (Tell Hisn)
L14 Sethroites 14th Lower Egyptian nome, Sethroites (Tell Belim, Tell el-Farama)
L15 → L16  
L16 Mendesios 16th Lower Egyptian nome, Mendesios (Tell el-Rub'a, Baqlia; incl. former 15th LEg nome)
L17 Diospolites Kato 17th Lower Egyptian nome, Diospolites Kato (El-Balamun)
L18 Boubastites 18th Lower Egyptian nome, Boubastites (Tell Basta)
L19 Tanites 19th Lower Egyptian nome, Tanites (San el-Hagar)
L20 Arabia 20th Lower Egyptian nome, Arabia (Faqus)
L21 Phthemphouth 21st Lower Egyptian nome, Phthemphouth (Tanta)
00 Arsinoites - Fayum Arsinoites (Fayum)
00a Arsinoites, meris of Herakleides Arsinoites (Fayum), meris of Herakleides
00b Arsinoites, meris of Themistos Arsinoites (Fayum), meris of Themistos
00c Arsinoites, meris of Polemon Arsinoites (Fayum), meris of Polemon
00d Krokodilopolis Arsinoites (Fayum), city area of Krokodilopolis
U Upper Egypt Upper Egypt
U22 Aphroditopolites 22nd Upper Egyptian nome, Aphroditopolites (Atfih)
U21 → L01  
U20 Herakleopolites 20th Upper Egyptian nome, Herakleopolites (Inhnasya el-Medina, El-Hiba; incl. former 18th UEg nome)
U19 Oxyrynchites 19th Upper Egyptian nome, Oxyrynchites (El-Bahnasa)
U18 → U20  
U17 Kynopolites 17th Upper Egyptian nome, Kynopolites (El-Qeis)
U16 → U15  
U15 Hermopolites 15th Upper Egyptian nome, Hermopolites (El-Ashmunein, El-Qusiya, Meir, El-Minya; incl. former 14th and 16th UEg nomes)
U14 → U15  
U13 Lykopolites 13th Upper Egyptian nome, Lykopolites (Assiut)
U12 (El-Atawla) 12th Upper Egyptian nome (El-Atawla)
U11 Hypselites 11th Upper Egyptian nome, Hypselites (Shutb)
U10b Apollonopolites 10th Upper Egyptian nome, Apollonopolites (Kom Isfaht)
U10a Antaiopolites 10th Upper Egyptian nome, Antaiopolites (Qaw el-Kebir)
U09 Panopolites 9th Upper Egyptian nome, Panopolites (Akhmim)
U08 Thinites 8th Upper Egyptian nome, Thinites (Abydos, Girga)
U07 Diospolites Mikros 7th Upper Egyptian nome, Diospolites Mikros (Hou)
U06 Tentyrites 6th Upper Egyptian nome, Tentyrites (Dendera)
U05 Koptites 5th Upper Egyptian nome, Koptites (Qift)
U04b Peri Thebas 4th Upper Egyptian nome, Peri Thebas (Theban area)
U04a Pathyrites 4th Upper Egyptian nome, Pathyrites (Gebelein)
U03 Latopolites 3rd Upper Egyptian nome, Latopolites (Esna, Kom el-Ahmar)
U02 Apollonopolites 2nd Upper Egyptian nome, Apollonopolites (Edfu)
U01 Omboi till Philai 1st Upper Egyptian nome (Elephantine, Kom Ombo)
Aethiopia  
Northern Sinai (sc. along the coast of the Mediterranean)  
Sinai  
Eastern desert  
Western coast  
Western desert (not yet specified)
Western desert, Ammoniake Western desert, Ammoniake (Siwa)
Western desert, Oasis Magna Western desert, Oasis Magna (El-Kharga & El-Dakhla)
Western desert, Oasis Parva Western desert, Oasis Parva (Bahariya)