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Egypt - 8th Upper Egyptian nome, Thinites (Abydos, Girga) (U08)The region ca. 250 BC - provincia: AegyptusThe provincia ca. 200 AD - in the U Thebais (admin.) - located on the western Nile bank
26.476779,31.802059 (Lat,Long)
Links: Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire, Pleiades, ToposText, Wikipedia
Status: city: polis, metropolis, civitas; district: tesh
Greek name(s): Πτολεμαὶς Ἑρμείου
Latin name(s): Ptolemais Hermiu - Ptolomais
Egyptian name(s): Pȝ-sy (Pr-sy) - Ptwlmys
Coptic name(s): ⲡⲥⲟⲓ - ⲯⲟⲓ
Ethnic(s): Ptolemaieus - Ptolemaikos - Ptolemaitikos
Modern name(s): El-Mansha
Variants: Ptolemais Hermeiou - P-si (Psoi - Psois) - El-Mansha - sites including Sidi Musa; Gebel Tukh
Repertoria: Dizionario IV, p. 205 (1); p. 210-211; Suppl. 2, p. 178; Suppl. 3, p. 131-132; Suppl. 4, p. 113 (1); p. 113; Suppl. 5, p. 84; Gauthier, Dictionnaire II, 1925, p. 150
Biblio: Erichsen, Lesestücke II.2, 1940, p. 199; Gardiner, AEO 2, 1947, p. 39*-40* no. 353C; Erichsen, Glossar, 1954, p. 407; Helck, RE, 1959, col. 1868-1869, s.v. Ptolemais 4; I. Pan du désert, 1977, p. 42-43; Pestman, P. Tor. Choach., 1992, p. xxvi; Vandorpe, P. L. Bat. 27, 1995, p. 210; Kruit / Worp, AfP 46 (2000), p. 125-126; PP X, 2002, p. 360; P. Qasr Ibrim, 2005, p. 24-25; Cohen, The Hellenistic settlements, 2006, p. 350-352; Mueller, Settlements of the Ptolemies, 2006, p. 207 no. 64; CDD P, 2010, p. 26; p. 108; p. 175; p. 177-178; CDD S, 2013, p. 45; Kayser in Communautés nouvelles en Egypte hellénistique et romaine, 2017, p. 15-67
Map: Baines / Málek, Atlas, 2002(2), p. 108-109 (el-Mansha / Ptolemais Hermiou); Barrington Atlas, 2000, pl. 77 F4 (Ptolemais Hermiou / Psoi); Brun e.a. (ed.), Le désert oriental d'Égypte [Cuvigny], 2018, § 1 fig. 1 (Ptolemaïs); Brun e.a. (ed.), Le désert oriental d'Égypte [Cuvigny], 2018, § 1 fig. 1 inset (Ptolemaïs); T. BM Arlt, 2011, p. 109 (al-Munšāh / Psoï / Ptolemais Hermiou / Pȝ-sy)
Note: new foundation by Ptolemaios I
This is a province, region, district or quarter for which Trismegistos does not have polygon coordinates. The figure provided above is that of only the texts assigned to this zone in general, and does not include more specifically located texts. The real number of texts found or written is thus higher.
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TM id | Publication | Status | Material | Language | Date | Provenance |
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88523 | Short Texts 3 1801 | [find place, place of writing & preservation] | stone (limestone) | Demotic | BC07 - BC03 | Egypt, U08 - Ptolemais Hermeiou (El-Mansha), Sidi Musa, quarry [find place, place of writing & preservation] |
88503 | Short Texts 3 1785 | [find place, place of writing & preservation] | stone (limestone) | Demotic | BC04 | Egypt, U08 - Ptolemais Hermeiou (El-Mansha), Sidi Musa, quarry [find place, place of writing & preservation] |
999510 | Short Texts 4 2823 | [found & written] | stone (limestone) | Demotic | BC04 - BC01 | Egypt, U08 - Ptolemais Hermeiou (El-Mansha) [found & written] |
999509 | Short Texts 4 2822 | [find place, place of writing & preservation] | stone (limestone) | Demotic | BC04 - BC01 | Egypt, U08 - Ptolemais Hermeiou (El-Mansha), Sidi Musa, quarry [find place, place of writing & preservation] |
88504 | Short Texts 3 1786 | [find place, place of writing & preservation] | stone (limestone) | Demotic | BC04 | Egypt, U08 - Ptolemais Hermeiou (El-Mansha), Sidi Musa, quarry [find place, place of writing & preservation] |
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