| GEO ID: |
240 |
| Name: |
Apias |
| Variants: |
Apias - P-awi-n-Pa-Hep ('The place of Paapis / The one of Apis') - P-awi-n-Apis ('The place of Apis') |
| Greek: |
Ἀπιάς |
| Demotic: |
Pȝ-ʿ.wy-n-Pa-Ḥp - Pȝ-ʿ.wy-n-Ḥp - Ḥp |
| Latin: |
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| Coptic: |
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| Country: |
Egypt |
| Region: |
00 |
| Nome: |
Arsinoites (Fayum), meris of Themistos |
| Modern name: |
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| Administrative situation: |
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| Status: |
village: kome; demi |
| Ethnic: |
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| Location: |
near 00b Archelais (290), 00b Euhemereia (675), 00b Herakleia (772), 00b Lysimachis (1275), 00b Pelousion (1661), 00b Psenhyris (1957), 00a Sebennytos (2103), 00b Sethrempais (2122), 00b Trikomia (2470); seems to have incorporated the nearby 00b Philopator Apiados (1775) in the early Roman period |
| Identification: |
cf. also 00b Philopator Apiados (1775) |
| Repertoria: |
Dizionario I 2, p. 13 (s.v. Amia); p. 139-142; p. 438 (?); Suppl. 1, p. 44; Suppl. 2, p. 21; Suppl. 3, p. 18; Suppl. 4, p. 17; Suppl. 5, p. 17; Wessely, Topographie, 1904, p. 37-38; P. Tebt. 2, 1907, p. 358; p. 368 |
| Bibliography: |
de Cenival, P. Lille Dem. 2, 1973, p. 122; p. 221; Rübsam, Götter und Kulte in Faijum, 1974, p. 57; Battaglia, Aegyptus 62 (1982), p. 124-135; Hobson, Aegyptus 62 (1982), p. 80-123; Clarysse / Swinnen, Studi Adriani, 1983, I, p. 15; Vandorpe, Geografische elementen, 1988, p. 37; Mueller, Settlements of the Ptolemies, 2006, p. 27; CDD P, 2010, p. 9-10 |
| Notes: |
the Greek name Apias is derived from the demoticon L00 Apieus (8917), but in the Egyptian translation the name is linked to the Egyptian god Apis |
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