| GEO ID: |
2251 |
| Name: |
Tanis |
| Variants: |
Tanis (Tannis - Taneos Chorion) |
| Greek: |
Τανις |
| Demotic: |
Tȝ-ʿny |
| Latin: |
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| Coptic: |
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| Country: |
Egypt |
| Region: |
00 |
| Nome: |
Arsinoites (Fayum), meris of Herakleides |
| Modern name: |
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| Administrative situation: |
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| Status: |
village: kome; chorion |
| Ethnic: |
Tanites |
| Location: |
near 00a Philadelpheia (1760) |
| Identification: |
00a Manashinshana (4833)? |
| Repertoria: |
Dizionario IV, p. 353-354 (2); p. 354 (2); Suppl. 1, p. 240 (2); Suppl. 2, p. 204; Suppl. 3, p. 145 (2); Suppl. 4, p. 126 (2); Suppl. 5, p. 96 (2); Timm, p. 2264-2270; Wessely, Topographie, 1904, p. 143-144; P. Tebt. 2, 1907, p. 354; p. 357; p. 403 |
| Bibliography: |
Clarysse, Studies on Ptolemaic Memphis (Stud. Hell. 24), 1980, p. 105; Monson, P. Agri. Dem., 2012, p. 2-3; p. 60-61 |
| Notes: |
the double name Ammonias alias Tanis in P. Lips. 2 139, 3 is surprising, as there are no further links between Ammonias and Tanis; obsolete reading: Nȝ-ʿnỉ |
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