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Neilopolis
Arsinoites (Fayum), meris of Herakleides (00a)
| GEO ID: | 1433 |
| Name: | Neilopolis |
| Variant names: | Neilopolis (Neilou Polis) - Nilos (Nilou - Neilou) Epoikion - Neilou Kome - Per-Hapi ('House (of) Hapi') - Tell el-Rusas |
| Greek name: | Νείλου Πόλις |
| Latin name: | |
| Egyptian name: | Pr-Ḥʿpy |
| Coptic name: | |
| Other: | |
| Modern name: | Tell el-Rusas |
| Ethnic: | Neilopolites |
| Country: | Egypt |
| Provincia: | Aegyptus |
| Region: | 00 |
| Nome: | a |
| Administrative situation: | in I. Pan du désert 29, 3-5 and (probably also) SB 12 11076, 44 ascribed to the U15 Hermopolites |
| Status: | village: polis; kome; epoikion |
| Location: | near 00a Karanis (1008), 00a Soknopaiou Nesos (2157), 00a Psenhyris (1957) |
| Identification: | |
| Repertoria: | Dizionario III, p. 326 (3); p. 327-329 (3-4); Suppl. 1, p. 204 (3-4); Suppl. 2, p. 131 (3); Suppl. 3, p. 80 (3); Suppl. 4, p. 91 (3); Suppl. 5, p. 66 (3); P. Tebt. 2, 1907, p. 391; Drew-Bear, Hermopolite, 1979, p. 180; p. 183 |
| Bibliography: | Rübsam, Götter und Kulte in Faijum, 1974, p. 126-129; Bresciani, P. Oxf. Griffith 1, 1975, p. 110; Bonneau, Pap. Congr. XV (Bruxelles 1977), 1979, p. 258-273; Schwartz, CRIPEL 10 (1988), p. 141-148; Vandorpe, Geografische elementen, 1988, p. 77; P. Louvre 1, 1998, p. 30 n. on l. 3 & p. 32 n. on l. 13; CDD P, 2010, p. 104-105 |
| Maps: | Baines / Malek, Atlas, 2002, p. 121 |
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