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Arsinoites (Fayum)

TM Geo 332

Egypt - Arsinoites (Fayum) (00) - provincia: Aegyptus - cf. also 00d Krokodilopolis (Medinet el-Fayum) (TM Geo 327); 00 Limne (Fayum) (TM Geo 1255)


Gods in this toponym: Sobek (TM God 82)


Links: EDH, EDH [2], EDH [3], Pleiades, Wikipedia


Status: district: nomos, tesh, pagarchia, kurat


Greek name(s): Ἀρσινοίτης - Σουχου νόμος
Latin name(s): Arsinoites - Crocodilopolites
Egyptian name(s): pȝ tš n ȝrsynȝ
Ethnic(s): Arsinoites (Arsinoitis) - Arsinoitikos
Modern name(s): Fayum
Variants: Arsinoites - Krokodilopolites - Souchou Nomos ('nomos of (the god) Souchos / Sobek') - Fayum


Biblio: Vandorpe, Geografische elementen, 1988, p. 33; Kruit / Worp, AfP 46 (2000), p. 98-99; CDD T, 2012, p. 298; Eller, Nomes et toparchies (BdE 179), 2022, p. 311-324
Map: Arrowsmith, Map of Upper Egypt, 1807 (Faioum); Baines / Málek, Atlas, 2002(2), p. 131 (Faiyum); Baines / Málek, Atlas, 2002(2), p. 53 [b] (Faiyum); Barrington Atlas, 2000, pl. 75 D2 (N. Arsinoites / Krokodeilopolites); Davoli, L'archeologia urbana nel Fayyum, 1998, p. 367 (El-Fayyum); Falivene, Herakleopolite nome, 1998, pl. (Arsinoites); JJP 36 (2006), p. 18 (Arsinoites); LÄ VII, 1992, map 2 (Fajjum); Montevecchi, La papirologia, 1973, p. 184 (ΑΡΣΙΝΟΙΤΗΣ ΝΟΜΟΣ (Fayûm)); P. L. Bat. 21, 1981, pl. 4 (Ἀρσινοίτης νομός); P. Tebt. 2, 1907, pl. 3 (Arsinoite Nome)
Note: the name Arsinoites is for the first time attested in BC 259; the ethnicon Arsinoites refers to the nomos, not to the city of Arsinoe (a name only used from the Roman period on); new reading in P. Dime 3 9 (= SB 18 13579), Gr. 2 (no toponym); new reading in P. Bodl. 1 15, 10 (no toponym; cf. BL 12, p. 40)


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TM GeoRef Publication AttestationMaterial Language Date Provenance
246593P. Tebt. Pad. inv. 394 descr., Vo 1Ἀρσινο[ ]papyrus Greek BC03 - AD07 Egypt, 00c - Tebtynis (Umm el-Baragat) [found & written]
110290Journal of Egyptian Archaeology (JEA) 60 (1974), p. 196-199 no. 4 + Bechtold e.a. (ed.), From Illahun to Djeme. Studies presented to Ulrich Luft p. 355-361, col. 1, 15 (note)[pȝ tš] ȝrsȝ[nȝ]?papyrus Demotic BC03 Egypt, L01 - Memphis [found & written]
96335SB 18 13256, 3 [b]τοῦ Ἀρσινοίτουpapyrus Greek BC03 Egypt, 00 - Arsinoites (Fayum) [found & written]
247092P. Petrie 3 87, b Vo col. 1, 4ἐν τῶι νομῶιpapyrus Greek BC03 Egypt, 00 - Arsinoites (Fayum) [written]
Egypt, 00a? - Gurob [found]
119437P. Cairo Zen. 3 59530, 2ε[ἰ]ς τ̣ὸ̣ν̣ νο̣μόνpapyrus Greek BC03 Egypt, 00 - Arsinoites (Fayum) (?) [written]
Egypt, 00a - Philadelpheia (Gharabet el-Gerza) [found]
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