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Heliopolis (Tell Hisn)

TM Geo 761

Egypt - 13th Lower Egyptian nome, Heliopolites (Tell Hisn) (L13) - provincia: Aegyptus - cf. also L13 Heliopolites (TM Geo 3088), U04b Heka-Iounou (TM Geo 10673), Chaset-Iabtit-Iounou (TM Geo 56938)
30.131757,31.284786 (Lat,Long)


Gods in this toponym: Ra (TM God 67), Atoum (TM God 16), Helios (TM God 114), Sol (TM God 202)


Links: Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire, Pleiades, ToposText, Wikipedia, Wikipedia [2], Wikipedia [3], Wikipedia [4]


2 ancient authors with this ethnic


Status: city: polis, metropolis, demi, nout, urbs, civitas


Greek name(s): Ἡλίου πόλις - Ὠν - Ὀνίου
Latin name(s): Helius - Heliu - Solis oppidum
Egyptian name(s): Ỉwnw - Ỉwnw-mḥty - Ỉwnw-wr - Ỉwnw-nw.t-Ỉtm - Ỉwnw-Rʿ - Pr-Rʿ - Ỉnb-ḥḏ-ỉȝbt
Coptic name(s): ⲱⲛ
Ethnic(s): Heliopolites - Helioupolites - Heliopolitikos
Modern name(s): Tell Hisn
Variants: Heliopolis (Heliou Polis) - On - Oniou - Iounou - Iounou-mehti ('Northern Heliopolis' / 'Heliopolis of Lower Egypt') - Iounou-nout-Atoum ('Heliopolis city (of) (the god) Atoum') - Iounou-Ra ('Heliopolis (of) (the god) Ra') - Per-Ra ('House (of) Ra') - Ineb-hedj-iabet ('Eastern white wall / enclosure') - Tell Hisn (Arab el-Hisn) - Ain Shams (Ein Shams) - El-Matariya (El-Matariyyah) - sites including El-Zeitan; Ard el-Na'am


Repertoria: Dizionario II, p. 203-204 (1-2); p. 204; p. 204-205 (2); Suppl. 1, p. 124 (1-2); Suppl. 2, p. 61 (1); Suppl. 3, p. 43 (1); p. 43 (2); Suppl. 4, p. 63 (2); Suppl. 5, p. 37 (1); p. 37 (2); Gauthier, Dictionnaire I, 1925, p. 54-56; IV, 1927, p. 24
Biblio: Wb 1, 1926, p. 54; RE, 1939, s.v. Oniou 2; Gardiner, AEO 2, 1947, p. 144*-146* no. 400; Erichsen, Glossar, 1954, p. 24; Kákosy, LÄ II, 1977, col. 1111-1113; Vandorpe, Geografische elementen, 1988, p. 18; PP X, 2002, p. 75; CDD I, 2011, p. 15; p. 68-71; p. 167
Map: Baines / Málek, Atlas, 2002(2), p. 135 (Tell Hisn / Heliopolis / Iunu); Baines / Málek, Atlas, 2002(2), p. 166-167 (Tell-Hisn / Heliopolis / Iunu); Barrington Atlas, 2000, pl. 74 E4 (Heliopolis); BSOAS 16 (1954), p. 212 (Heliopolis)


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115608Annales du Service des antiquités de l‘Égypte (ASAE) 33 (1933), p. 52 no. 4, 4 bis[found & written]faience Hieroglyphic BC10 - BC04 Egypt, L13 - Heliopolis (Tell Hisn) [found & written]
115627Kamal, Tarwah el-nafûs p. 194[find place, place of writing & preservation]stone? Hieroglyphic BC10 - BC04 Egypt, L13 - Heliopolis (Tell Hisn) [find place, place of writing & preservation]
957087Perdu, Les statues privées de la fin de l'Egypte pharaonique 1 20[found & written]stone (basalt) Hieroglyphic BC08 - BC06 Egypt, L13 - Heliopolis (Tell Hisn) (?) [found & written]
115653Perdu, Les statues privées de la fin de l'Egypte pharaonique 1 3[found & written]stone (basalt) Hieroglyphic BC08 - BC07 Egypt, L13 - Heliopolis (Tell Hisn) (?) [found & written]
90100Porter-Moss (PM) 8.2 p. 762 no. 801-723-400[found & written]stone (quartzite) Hieroglyphic BC08 - BC06 Egypt, L13 - Heliopolis (Tell Hisn) (?) [found & written]
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