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Krokodilopolis
4th Upper Egyptian nome, Pathyrites (Gebelein) (U04a)

GEO ID: 1183
Name: Krokodilopolis
Variant names: Krokodilopolis (Krokodilon Polis) - Iou-m-iterou / Amwer (Amour) ('Island in (the) river')
Greek name: Κροκοδίλων Πόλις
Latin name:
Egyptian name: Ỉw-m-ỉtrw (Ỉw-m-ỉrw) - ȝmwr (Ỉmwr)
Coptic name:
Other:
Modern name:
Ethnic: Krokodilopolites
Country: Egypt
Provincia: Aegyptus
Region: U
Nome: 04a
Administrative situation: in the U Thebais
Status: city: polis
Location: near U04a Pathyris (Gebelein) (1628)
Identification: U04a Semen (2115)? U04a Rizzagat (11591)?
Repertoria: Dizionario III, p. 156 (2); p. 157 (2); Suppl. 1, p. 180 (2); Suppl. 2, p. 102 (2); p. 102 (2); Suppl. 3, p. 64 (2); Suppl. 4, p. 78 (2) (?); p. 79 (2); Gauthier, Dictionnaire I, 1925, p. 42-43; p. 214-215
Bibliography: T. Spiegelberg, 1901, p. 68*-69*; Griffith, P. Ryl. Dem., 1909, p. 130; p. 273 n. 3; p. 421; Wb 1, 1926, p. 47; Griffith, P. Adler Dem., 1939, p. 65; Erichsen, Lesestücke II.2, 1940, p. 198 (bis); Gardiner, JEA 27 (1941), p. 36; Gardiner, AEO 2, 1947, p. 21* no. 331; Otto, Topographie des thebanischen Gaues, 1952, p. 100; Erichsen, Glossar, 1954, p. 5; p. 32; Devauchelle / Grenier, BIFAO 82 (1982), p. 160; Vandorpe, Geografische elementen, 1988, p. 13-14; p. 30; CDD ȝ, 2002, p. 30-31; Grieshaber, Lexikographie einer Landschaft, 2004, p. 34-40; Vandorpe / Waebens, Pathyris' archives, 2009, p. 36-37; CDD T, 2012, p. 31
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Notes: obsolete readings: ȝmwl, Ỉmtr; the town was deserted shortly after AD 88