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Kerkeosiris
Arsinoites (Fayum), meris of Polemon (00c)
| GEO ID: | 1057 |
| Name: | Kerkeosiris |
| Variant names: | Kerkeosiris (Kerkeusiris) ('The settlement of Osiris') - Kerke-...ik |
| Greek name: | Κερκεοσιρις |
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| Egyptian name: | Pȝ-grg-n-Wsỉr - Pr-grg-...yq |
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| Country: | Egypt |
| Provincia: | Aegyptus |
| Region: | 00 |
| Nome: | c |
| Administrative situation: | in the 3rd century BC in the 00b meris of Themistos, but from the 2nd century BC on in the 00c meris of Polemon |
| Status: | village: kome |
| Location: | near 00c Berenikis Thesmophorou (430), 00c Ibion Eikosipentarouron (885), 00c Magdola (1284), 00c Talithis (2236), 00c Tebtynis (2287) |
| Identification: | 00c El-Gharak el-Sultani (4977)? |
| Repertoria: | Dizionario III, p. 101-104; Suppl. 2, p. 92-93; Suppl. 3, p. 60; Suppl. 5, p. 52; P. Tebt. 2, 1907, p. 383 (1-2) |
| Bibliography: | Crawford, Kerkeosiris, 1971; Rübsam, Götter und Kulte in Faijum, 1974, p. 105-116; Daris, CdE 52 (1977), p. 337-341; Bingen, Pap. Congr. XV (Bruxelles 1977), 1979, IV, p. 87-94; Donadoni, LÄ III, 1980, col. 409; Pestman in P. Rainer Cent., 1983, p. 127-134; Vandorpe, Geografische elementen, 1988, p. 179 no. 1; Habermann, CdE 67 (1992), p. 101-111; Bogaert, ZPE 120 (1998), p. 180; CDD P, 2010, p. 111 (bis) |
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| Notes: | in SB 3 7200 the village is listed both under the 00c meris of Polemon and under 00b meris of Themistos, so two different villages? |