Omboi (Kom Ombo)
Egypt - 1st Upper Egyptian nome (Elephantine, Kom Ombo) (U01)
| GEO ID: | 1499 |
| Name: | Omboi |
| Variant names: | Omboi (Ombos) - Noubt - Kom Ombo |
| Greek name: | Ὀμβοι - Ὀμβος |
| Latin name: | Ombos |
| Egyptian name: | Nb (Nb.t - Nby.t) - Ỉnbȝ (Ỉmbȝ - ȝnbȝ) |
| Coptic name: | ⲙⲃⲱ - ⲛⲃⲱ |
| Other: | |
| Modern name: | Kom Ombo |
| Ethnic: | Ombites - Ombitikos |
| Country: | Egypt |
| Provincia: | Aegyptus |
| Region: | U |
| Nome: | 01 |
| Administrative situation: | in the Ombites |
| Status: | city: polis; civitas |
| Location: | on the eastern Nile bank |
| Identification: | cf. also U01 Ombites (2975), U01 Contra Omboi (Benban) (5312) |
| Repertoria: | Dizionario III, p. 385 (1-2); p. 386; p. 386-387 (1); Suppl. 2, p. 141 (1) |
| Bibliography: | O. Joachim, 1914, p. 22-25; Wb 2, 1927, p. 242; Erichsen, Lesestücke II.2, 1940, p. 200; Gardiner, AEO 2 (1947), p. 5*-6* no. 316; p. 28*-29* no. 341; Erichsen, Glossar, 1954, p. 5; p. 30; Smith, Enchoria 16 (1988), p. 80; Smith, P. Liturgy, 1993, p. 63; Locher, Topographie Nilkatarakt, 1999, p. 201-227; CDD ȝ, 2002, p. 35-36; Smith, Papyrus Harkness, 2005, p. 171; ZPE 155 (2006), p. 183-187 |
| Maps: | Baines / Malek, Atlas, 2002, p. 71 |
| Notes: | obsolete reading: Ambos |