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TM Geo 1729
Egypt - 20th Lower Egyptian nome, Arabia (Faqus) (L20)The region ca. 250 BC - provincia: AegyptusThe provincia ca. 200 AD
30.720511,31.672164 (Lat,Long)
Links: Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire, Pleiades, Talbert Peutinger, ToposText
Status: city: metropolis; village: kome
Greek name(s): Φακουσσαι
Latin name(s): Phaguse
Ethnic(s): Phakoussites - Phakousios
Modern name(s): Faqus
Variants: Phakoussai (Phakousai - Phakoussa) - Faqus (Fakus)
Repertoria: Dizionario V, p. 54; Suppl. 2, p. 225; p. 225-226; Suppl. 4, p. 137; Timm, p. 923-925
Map: Baines / Málek, Atlas, 2002(2), p. 166-167 (Faqus / Phakussa); Barrington Atlas, 2000, pl. 74 F3 (Phakoussa); BSOAS 16 (1954), p. 212 (Phacussa)
Note: the identification with Saft el-Henna (suggested by Dizionario V, p. 54) is no longer accepted
TM id | Publication | Status | Material | Language | Date | Provenance |
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70288 | CPR 23 3 | [written] | papyrus | Greek | AD02 | Egypt, L20 - Phakoussai (Faqus) [written] Egypt, U19 - Oxyrynchos (Bahnasa) (?) [found] |
18342 | SB 18 13333 | [written] | papyrus | Greek | AD03 | Egypt, L20 - Phakoussai (Faqus) [written] Egypt, U19 - Oxyrynchos (Bahnasa) [found] |