| GEO ID: |
327 |
| Name: |
Krokodilopolis |
| Variants: |
Krokodilopolis (Krokodilon Polis) - Ptolemais Euergetis - Shedet - Arsinoiton Polis - Arsinoe - Arsinois - Crialon - Medinet el-Fayum - sites including Kiman Fares; Tell Azab; Kom el-Addame; El-Gebeli |
| Greek: |
Κροκοδίλων Πόλις - Πτολεμαὶς Εὐεργέτις - Ἀρσινόη - Ἀρσινοιτῶν Πόλις |
| Demotic: |
Šdt (Šty) - ȝrsynȝ |
| Latin: |
Arsinoe - Crialon |
| Coptic: |
ⲡⲉⲓⲟⲙ - ⲡⲟⲗⲓⲥ |
| Country: |
Egypt |
| Region: |
00 |
| Nome: |
Arsinoites (Fayum), city area of Arsinoe |
| Modern name: |
Medinet el-Fayum |
| Administrative situation: |
|
| Status: |
city: polis; metropolis; nout |
| Ethnic: |
Arsinoites (Arsinoitis) - Krokodilopolites - Ptolemaieus - Šd.ty (Št.ty) |
| Location: |
Tell Azab lies at 3 km from Kiman Fares; El-Gebeli lies 'at 10 minutes' from Kiman Fares |
| Identification: |
00 Theodosioupolis (2375)? 00a Astar (355)? 00 Tesh (2622)? 00 Ra-cha (2572)?; cf. also 00 Arsinoites (Fayum) (332) |
| Repertoria: |
Dizionario I 2, p. 219; III, p. 156 (1); p. 157 (1); IV, p. 205 (2); p. 211; Suppl. 1, p. 60 (1); p. 62; Suppl. 4, p. 20 (2); p. 20 (bis); p. 20-42; p. 113 (2); p. 113; Suppl. 5, p. 19 (2); p. 19 (bis); p. 84; Gauthier, Dictionnaire V, 1928, p. 150; |
| Bibliography: |
Pietschmann, RE, 1895, col. 1277-1278, s.v. Arsinoe 3; Wb 4, 1930, p. 567; Gardiner, AEO 2 (1947), p. 116*-117* no. 392B; Bonnet, RÄRG, 1952, p. 394; P. L. Bat. 21, 1981, p. 480; Gomaà, Besiedlung 1, 1986, p. 392-395; Pestman, New Pap. Primer, 1990, p. 310; Bogaert, ZPE 120 (1998), p. 176-179; Casarico, ZPE 130 (2000), p. 207-210; Hoffmann, Dem. Conf. VII (Copenhagen 1999), 2002, p. 226; CDD ȝ, 2002, p. 48-49; Kruit / Worp, Tyche 18 (2003), p. 55-57; Clarysse, Fayyum meeting (Pap. Lup. 14), 2005, p. 70; Mueller, Settlements of the Ptolemies, 2006, p. 24; p. 208 no. 67; Fraser, Greek ethnic terminology, 2009, p. 342; CDD Š, 2010, p. 237 (bis) |
| Notes: |
new reading in CPR 1 11, 40 (no toponym; cf. Hagedorn, ZPE 145 (2003), p. 224); new reading in Tyche 22 (2007), p. 109-118 (= SB 6 9294), l. 28 (no toponym); new reading in P. Cairo Zen. 3 59403, 3 (no toponym; cf. Reekman, Egypt and the Hellenistic world (Stud. Hell. 27), 1983, p. 338 n. 76) |