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TM Geo 8019
Egypt - 6th Lower Egyptian nome, Xoites (Sakha) (?) (L06?)The region ca. 250 BC - provincia: AegyptusThe provincia ca. 200 AD - located near L06 Bouto (TM Geo 3685) - cf. also L06? Chemmites (TM Geo 11816)
Links: Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire, Pleiades, ToposText
Status: city; nesos; insula
Greek name(s): Χεμμις - Χεμβις
Latin name(s): Chemmis
Egyptian name(s): ȝḫ-bỉty (Ḫby - Ḫb - Ḫb-mny)
Ethnic(s): Chemmites (Chemmitis) - Chembios
Variants: Chemmis (Chembis) - Ah-biti ('Thicket of the king of Lower Egypt') - Chebi (Chebis)
Repertoria: Dizionario V, p. 117 (1 & 3); p. 117; Gauthier, Dictionnaire I, 1925, p. 11; IV, 1927, p. 173
Biblio: Erichsen, Glossar, 1954, p. 353; Altenmüller, LÄ I, 1975, col. 921-922; P. BM Smith, 1987, p. 82; Forgeau, Hommages Leclant (BdE 106, 3), 1994, p. 213-222; CDD Ḫ, 2006, p. 47 (a)
Map: Barrington Atlas, 2000, pl. 74 D2 (Chemmis)