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Oxyryncha
Arsinoites (Fayum), meris of Polemon (00c)
| GEO ID: | 1523 |
| Name: | Oxyryncha |
| Variant names: | Oxyryncha (Oxyrhyncha - Oxyrynchos - Oxyrynchon Chorion) - Per-Medj |
| Greek name: | Ὀξύρυγχα |
| Latin name: | Oxyrincha |
| Egyptian name: | Pr-Mḏ (Pr-Mḏȝ) |
| Coptic name: | ⲡⲉⲙⲇⲉ |
| Other: | |
| Modern name: | |
| Ethnic: | Oxyrynchitios |
| Country: | Egypt |
| Provincia: | Aegyptus |
| Region: | 00 |
| Nome: | c |
| Administrative situation: | |
| Status: | village: kome; demi; chorion |
| Location: | center for 00c Areos Kome (295), 00c Kerkeesis (1051), 00c Tebetny (2284), 00c Ptolemais Melissourgon (2026) |
| Identification: | U20 Oxyrynchos (4367)? |
| Repertoria: | Dizionario III, p. 392-393; Suppl. 1, p. 215; Suppl. 2, p. 142; Suppl. 3, p. 86 (bis); Suppl. 4, p. 97; Suppl. 5, p. 72; Timm, p. 1803; Wessely, Topographie 113-114; P. Tebt. 2, 1907, p. 359; p. 392 |
| Bibliography: | Van ‘t Dack / Reekmans, Ptolemaica (Stud. Hell., 7), 1951, p. 17; Rübsam, Götter und Kulte in Faijum, 1974, p. 131-132; Betro, Studi Bresciani, 1985, p. 67-84; Peene, Oxyryncha, 1987 (unpubl. thesis); Vandorpe, Geografische elementen, 1988, p. 73 no. 2; Pintaudi, Tyche 5 (1990), p. 101-104; CPR 18, 1991, p. 101; Harrauer, Anal. Pap. 3 (1991), p. 28-29; P. Heid. 6, 1994, p. 56-67 n. on l. 8-9; Bogaert, ZPE 120 (1998), p. 180; Kruit / Worp, AfP 46 (2000), p. 122-125; p. 141; Clarysse in Lippert / Schentuleit (ed.), Graeco-Roman Fayum, 2008, p. 55-73; Daris, ZPE 180 (2012), p. 266 |
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| Notes: | obsolete reading: Pr-Wnnfr?; new reading in P. Heid. Gr. 7 393, 3 (no toponym; cf. BL 11, p. 393) |