| GEO ID: |
1001 |
| Name: |
Kanopos |
| Variant names: |
Kanopos (Kanobos) - Abuqir (Abukir) - sites including Maamurah; Serapeum (Sarapieion) |
| Greek name: |
Κάνωπος - Κάνωβος |
| Latin name: |
Canopus |
| Egyptian name: |
Pr-gwt (Pa-gwt) |
| Coptic name: |
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| Other: |
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| Modern name: |
Abuqir |
| Ethnic: |
Kanopites (Kanopitis) - Kanopikos (Kanobikos) - Kanopeus - Kanobis |
| Country: |
Egypt |
| Provincia: |
Aegyptus |
| Region: |
L |
| Nome: |
03? |
| Administrative situation: |
according to Ptolemaios metropolis of the L07 Menelaites |
| Status: |
city: polis; metropolis; civitas; area: nesos |
| Location: |
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| Identification: |
cf. also L03? Kanobikon Stoma (4356), L03? Kanobike Dioryx (11798) |
| Repertoria: |
Dizionario III, p. 65; p. 66 (quater); p. 66-67 (1); Suppl. 2, p. 88 (1); Timm, p. 438-445 |
| Bibliography: |
Erichsen, Glossar, 1954, p. 576; P. L. Bat. 21, 1981, p. 487 (1); Vandorpe, Geografische elementen, 1988, p. 81; CDD P, 2010, p. 34; p. 110 |
| Maps: |
Baines / Malek, Atlas, 2002, p. 167 |
| Notes: |
cf. the expression 'Kanobismos', 'Kanobic (i.e. luxurious) life' |
