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Karanis
Arsinoites (Fayum), meris of Herakleides (00a)
| GEO ID: | 1008 |
| Name: | Karanis |
| Variant names: | Karanis (Keranis) - Kom Aushim |
| Greek name: | Καρανίς |
| Latin name: | Caranis |
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| Modern name: | Kom Aushim |
| Ethnic: | Karanites |
| Country: | Egypt |
| Provincia: | Aegyptus |
| Region: | 00 |
| Nome: | a |
| Administrative situation: | |
| Status: | village: kome |
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| Repertoria: | Dizionario III, p. 70-79; Suppl. 1, p. 165-167; p. 167; Suppl. 2, p. 88; Suppl. 3, p. 58; Suppl. 4, p. 74; Suppl. 5, p. 50; Timm, p. 1222-1224; Wessely, Topographie, 1904, p. 82-85; P. Tebt. 2, 1907, p. 346; p. 382 |
| Bibliography: | Geremek, Karanis, 1969; Rübsam, Götter und Kulte in Faijum, 1974, p. 98-104; I. Fayoum 1, 1975, p. 164-169; Pearl, Pap. Congr. XIII (Marburg 1971), p. 325-330; Gazda, Sculptures from Karanis, 1978; Donadoni, LÄ III, 1980, col. 327-328; Gazda, Karanis, 1983; Strassi Zaccaria, ZPE 85 (1991), p. 245-262; Rea, Pap. Congr. XX (Copenhagen 1992), 1994, p. 266-272; van Minnen, ZPE 100 (1994), p. 227-251; van Minnen, BASP 32 (1995), p. 41-56; Schwendner, Pap. Congr. XXIV (Helsinki 2004), 2007, p. 991-2006; Wilburn, Pap. Congr. XXV (Ann Arbor 2007), 2010, p. 777-788; http://www.lib.umich.edu/pap/introduction/karanis.html |
| Maps: | Baines / Malek, Atlas, 2002, p. 121 |
| Notes: | new readings in SB 6 9004 (= O. Mich. 1 539), 1 and SB 14 11459 (= O. Mich. 1 535), 1 and SB 14 11466 (= O. Mich. 1 260), 2 (no toponym); new reading in SB 8 9924 [P. Oslo 134], 4 (no toponym; cf. Hagedorn, ZPE 183 (2012), p. 186) |