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Daphnai (Tell Defenneh)

TM Geo 3607

Egypt - 14th Lower Egyptian nome, Sethroites (?) (L14?) - provincia: Aegyptus - cf. Aethiopia / Nehes (TM Geo 51)
30.8610335,32.171528 (Lat,Long)


Links: Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire, Pleiades


Status: city: demi


Greek name(s): Δάφναι - Δάφνη - Ταφνας
Latin name(s): Dafno
Egyptian name(s): Tbn - Tȝ-ỉḥ.t-n-pȝ-nḥs (Tȝ-ʿȝm-n-pȝ-nḥs - Tȝy=w-ʿȝm-n-nḥs)
Coptic name(s): ⲧⲁⲫⲛⲁⲥ
Ethnic(s): Daphnaios - Daphnaites
Modern name(s): Tell Defenneh
Variants: Daphnai (Daphne - Taphnas) - T-ihet-p-nehes ('The cow (of) the Nubian') - T-aam-n-p-nehes ('The shepherdess of the Nubian') - Tahpanhes - Tell Defenneh (Dafana)


Repertoria: Dizionario II, p. 93 (1); Suppl. 4, p. 51 (1); p. 51; Gauthier, Dictionnaire VI, 1929, p. 73
Biblio: Smith, JEA 54 (1968), p. 212 n. 1; LÄ I, 1975, col. 990; Smith, Serapis 6 1980), p. 154-155; Zauzich, Enchoria 12 (1984), p. 193; Zauzich, Enchoria 13 (1985), p. 115-116; Smith, OLP 22 (1991), p. 102-103; Winnicki, Swiatowit 41 (1988), p. 45-47; Winnicki, JJP 30 (2000), p. 169; CDD N, 2004, p. 11-12; p. 111; Guermeur, Les cultes d'Amon, 2005, p. 307-308; Devauchelle, s.v. Tahpanhès, in DB, Suppl. 13, 2005, col. 875-880; CDD T, 2012, p. 3; p. 4; p. 152-153; p. 174; p. 208; de Cenival, Hommages Yoyotte, 2012, p. 259-260 no. 69
Map: Baines / Málek, Atlas, 2002(2), p. 166-167 (Tell Dafana / Daphnai); Baines / Málek, Atlas, 2002(2), p. 49 (Tell Dafana / Daphnai); Baines / Málek, Atlas, 2002(2), p. 50 (Tell Dafana); Barrington Atlas, 2000, pl. 74 G3 (Daphnai); Bengtson, Weltatlas, 1978(6), pl. 36 a D2 (Daphnae); BSOAS 16 (1954), p. 212 (Daphnae)
Note: obsolete readings: Tbny, Na-ʿȝm-n-pȝ-nḥs; new reading in O. Hor 7, 6.7; 26, Ro 1; 60, 1 (no toponym; cf. DBL, 2005, p. 839-840)


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TM id Publication StatusMaterial Language Date Provenance
389625P. BM inv. 23787 ined.[found & written]pottery Hieratic BC08 - AD04 Egypt, L14? - Daphnai (Tell Defenneh) [found & written]
702844Short Texts 3 2140 descr.[found & written]pottery Demotic BC07 - AD04 Egypt, L14? - Daphnai (Tell Defenneh) [found & written]
702845Short Texts 3 2141 descr.[found & written]pottery Demotic BC07 - AD04 Egypt, L14? - Daphnai (Tell Defenneh) [found & written]
702846Short Texts 3 2142 descr.[found & written]pottery Demotic BC07 - AD04 Egypt, L14? - Daphnai (Tell Defenneh) [found & written]
702847Short Texts 3 2143 descr.[found & written]pottery Demotic BC07 - AD04 Egypt, L14? - Daphnai (Tell Defenneh) [found & written]
389620P. BM inv. 23782 ined.[found & written]pottery Hieratic BC07 - BC06 Egypt, L14? - Daphnai (Tell Defenneh) [found & written]
290104Revue d‘Égyptologie (RdE) 64 (2013), p. 1-14[found & written]stone (sandstone) Hieroglyphic BC06 Egypt, L14? - Daphnai (Tell Defenneh) [found & written]
104363I. Péluse 385[found]pottery Greek BC06 Greece - Attica (?) [written]
Egypt, L14? - Daphnai (Tell Defenneh) [found]
389618P. BM inv. 23780 ined.[found & written]pottery Demotic? or Hieratic? BC04 - AD03 Egypt, L14? - Daphnai (Tell Defenneh) [found & written]
389619P. BM inv. 23781 ined.[found & written]pottery Hieratic? BC04 - AD03 Egypt, L14? - Daphnai (Tell Defenneh) [found & written]
389621P. BM inv. 23783 ined.[found & written]pottery Demotic BC04 - AD03 Egypt, L14? - Daphnai (Tell Defenneh) [found & written]
389622P. BM inv. 23784 ined.[found & written]pottery Demotic? or Hieratic? BC04 - AD03 Egypt, L14? - Daphnai (Tell Defenneh) [found & written]
389623P. BM inv. 23785 ined.[found & written]pottery Demotic BC04 - AD03 Egypt, L14? - Daphnai (Tell Defenneh) [found & written]
389624P. BM inv. 23786 ined.[found & written]pottery Demotic BC04 - AD03 Egypt, L14? - Daphnai (Tell Defenneh) [found & written]
389919P. BM inv. 29484 ined.[found & written]pottery Demotic? or Hieratic? BC04 - AD03 Egypt, L14? - Daphnai (Tell Defenneh) [found & written]
389920P. BM inv. 29485 ined.[found & written]pottery Hieratic? BC04 - AD03 Egypt, L14? - Daphnai (Tell Defenneh) [found & written]
389626P. BM inv. 23788 ined.[found & written]pottery Demotic / Greek BC03 - BC02 Egypt, L14? - Daphnai (Tell Defenneh) [found & written]
383727SEG 51 2131[found & written]pottery Greek AD01 - AD02 Egypt, L14? - Daphnai (Tell Defenneh) [found & written]
389627P. BM inv. 23789[found & written]pottery Greek AD05 - AD10 Egypt, L14? - Daphnai (Tell Defenneh) [found & written]
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