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Aphroditopolis

GEO ID: 233
Name: Aphroditopolis
Variants: Aphroditopolis (Aphrodites Polis - Aphrodites Kome?) - Per-nebet-Tep-ihou ('House (of) (the) mistress (of) Aphroditopolis (sc. of Hathor)')
Greek: Ἀφροδίτης Πόλις
Demotic: Pr-nb.t-Tp-ỉḥ.w
Latin:
Coptic:
Country: Egypt
Region: 00
Nome: Arsinoites (Fayum), meris of Polemon
Modern name:
Administrative situation:
Status: village: kome; demi; polis
Ethnic:
Location: near 00c Mouchis (1396), 00c Eleusis (624)
Identification:
Repertoria: Dizionario I 2, p. 299 (4 c & d); p. 421; Suppl. 1, p. 71 (4 c & d); Suppl. 2, p. 31 (4 c & d); Suppl. 3, p. 22 (4 c & d); Suppl. 4, p. 43 (4 c); Suppl. 5, p. 20-21 (4 c); P. Tebt. 2, 1907, p. 371-372 (2)
Bibliography: Yoyotte, BIFAO 61 (1962), p. 111-114; Beinlich, Das Buch vom Fayum, 1991, p. 175 n. 3; Clarysse, Fayyum meeting (Pap. Lup. 14), 2005, p. 74
Notes: attested from the 3rd century BC till the 3rd century AD; not identical with 00 Tep-tawi (11437) as suggested by Yoyotte