| GEO ID: |
1159 |
| Name: |
Koptos |
| Variant names: |
Koptos - Iustiniani (Ioustinianou) Polis - Qift (Quft) - sites including Kom Firin; Kom el-Ahmar; Kom Raieh |
| Greek name: |
Κοπτος - Ἰουστινιανούπολις |
| Latin name: |
Coptos - Copto - Copton - Coptus |
| Egyptian name: |
Gbt (Gbtyw - Qbt - Qbty - Kbt - Kbty) |
| Coptic name: |
ⲕⲉⲃⲧⲱ |
| Other: |
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| Modern name: |
Qift |
| Ethnic: |
Koptites - Koptitikos - Koptitisa - Kopteus |
| Country: |
Egypt |
| Provincia: |
Aegyptus |
| Region: |
U |
| Nome: |
05 |
| Administrative situation: |
|
| Status: |
city: polis; metropolis |
| Location: |
on the eastern Nile bank |
| Identification: |
U Potekoptos (6845)?; cf. also U05 Koptites (2996), U05 P-im-n-Koptos (10740) |
| Repertoria: |
Dizionario III, p. 30 (2); p. 142-143 (1-2); p. 143 (bis); p. 143-144; Suppl. 1, p. 177 (1); p. 177; Suppl. 2, p. 99 (1-2); p. 99; Suppl. 3, p. 62 (1); p. 62; p. 62-63; Suppl. 4, p. 77-78 (1-2); p. 78 (bis); Suppl. 5, p. 53 (1-2); p. 53 (bis); Gauthi |
| Bibliography: |
Erichsen, Glossar, 1954, p. 348; p. 535; p. 547; p. 562; p. 577-578; p. 590; BL 10, 1998, p. 230; Kruit / Worp, AfP 46 (2000), p. 117; CDD K, 2001, p. 18; CDD G, 2004, p. 24; CDD Q, 2004, p. 26; p. 82 |
| Maps: |
Baines / Malek, Atlas, 2002, p. 109 |
| Notes: |
new reading in P. Ross. Georg. 2 41, 43 (no toponym; cf. BL 12, p. 166) |
