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TM GeoRef 112047

"ἐς Κρόνου ἐμπόριον"

= an attestation of TM Geo 2105 in TM 80895, col. 1, 7

'Hail, beloved mistress (sc. Isis), and hail to you too, Sarapis, who dwells in the land across the water, most holy Abaton, and may you send us safely to Kronos' emporion.'

TM Geo: Egypt, U01 - Setis (Sehel Island)

Source: I. Philae 2 158

Date: 1st century AD: AD 1 - 99
cf. I. Philae 2, 1969, p. 129 & n. 1

Provenance: Philai - Egypt [find place, place of writing & preservation]

Language/script: Greek

Material: stone — architecture: temple pylon

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GeoRef information

Standardized name: Κρόνου ἐμπόριον

Geographic term: emporion + gen.

Construction: eis + acc.

Semantics: direction

Bibliography: I. Philae 2, 1969, p. 133-134; Locher, Topographie Nilkatarakt, 1999, p. 94

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10 references to places in this text

TM GeoRef ID	Line	Attested name	Place	Context

44806	col. 1, 1 [a]	Αἰγύπτοιο	Egypt (TM Geo 49)	'We are come to (the) border of Egypt, (the) most beautiful island (sc. Philai)'
247033	col. 1, 1 [b]	νῆσον	U01 - Philai (TM Geo 1767)	'We are come to (the) border of Egypt, (the) most beautiful island (sc. Philai)'
44848	col. 1, 3 [a]	Νείλου	Nile (TM Geo 3943)	'to behold (the) land of Isis, Inachos' daughter, and (the) deep stream of (the) Nile, which keeps Egypt prosperous year by year for the good fortune of Caesar.'
44801	col. 1, 3 [b]	Αἴγυπτον	Egypt (TM Geo 49)	'to behold (the) land of Isis, Inachos' daughter, and (the) deep stream of (the) Nile, which keeps Egypt prosperous year by year for the good fortune of Caesar.'
44792	col. 1, 6	Ἄβατον	U01 - Abaton (Biga Island) (TM Geo 13)	'Hail, beloved mistress (sc. Isis), and hail to you too, Sarapis, who dwells in the land across the water, most holy Abaton, and may you send us safely to Kronos' emporion.'
112047	col. 1, 7	ἐς Κρόνου ἐμπόριον	U01 - Setis (Sehel Island) (TM Geo 2105)	'Hail, beloved mistress (sc. Isis), and hail to you too, Sarapis, who dwells in the land across the water, most holy Abaton, and may you send us safely to Kronos' emporion.'
44807	col. 2, 1	Αἰγύπτοιο	Egypt (TM Geo 49)	'Having arrived at (the) island (sc. Philai), (the) border of Egypt, most beautiful, holy, (place) of Isis, in the face of (the) Aethiopians'
44810	col. 2, 2	Αἰθιόπων πρόσθεν	Aethiopia - Aethiopia (TM Geo 51)	'Having arrived at (the) island (sc. Philai), (the) border of Egypt, most beautiful, holy, (place) of Isis, in the face of (the) Aethiopians'
44851	col. 2, 3	ἐν Νείλωι ποταμῶι	Nile (TM Geo 3943)	'we saw in (the) river Nile fast-sailing ships which carried (the) Aethiopians' shrines, worthy of the gods, to our land, (the) wheat-bearing'
44811	col. 2, 4	Αἰθιόπων	Aethiopia - Aethiopia (TM Geo 51)	'we saw in (the) river Nile fast-sailing ships which carried (the) Aethiopians' shrines, worthy of the gods, to our land, (the) wheat-bearing'