| GEO ID: |
1524 |
| Name: |
Oxyrynchos |
| Variant names: |
Oxyrynchos (Oxyrhynchos - Oxyryncha) - Oxyrynchopolis (Oxyrynchon Polis) - he Oxyrynchiton Polis - Iustinopolis (Nea Ioustinou Polis) - Per-Medjed (Pemze) - Bahnasa (El-Behnesa) - sites including Kom Abu Teir; Kom Ali el-Gamman |
| Greek name: |
Ὀξύρυγχος - Ὀξυρύγχων Πόλις - Ὀξυρυγχιτῶν Πόλις - Νέα Ἰουστίνου Πόλις |
| Latin name: |
Oxyrynchus - Oxurunchus - Oxirinchus |
| Egyptian name: |
Pr-Mḏd (Pr-Mḏ) |
| Coptic name: |
ⲡⲉⲙϫⲉ - ⲡⲙϫⲏ |
| Other: |
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| Modern name: |
Bahnasa |
| Ethnic: |
Oxyrynchites (Oxyrynchitis) - Oxyrynchitikos - Ioustinoupolites (Iustinopolites) |
| Country: |
Egypt |
| Provincia: |
Aegyptus |
| Region: |
U |
| Nome: |
19 |
| Administrative situation: |
in the U Thebais; later in the Arcadia eparchia |
| Status: |
city: polis; metropolis |
| Location: |
on the western Nile bank |
| Identification: |
U20 Oxyrynchos (4367)? U19? Pempte (6466)?; cf. also U19 Oxyrynchites (2722) |
| Repertoria: |
Dizionario III, p. 30 (bis); p. 393; Suppl. 1, p. 156; Suppl. 3, p. 79; p. 86 (2); p. 86 (ter); p. 86 (1); p. 86-115; Suppl. 4, p. 70; p. 91; p. 98 (1); p. 98; p. 98 (1); p. 98-100; Suppl. 5, p. 46; p. 65; p. 72 (ter); p. 72-76; Gauthier, Dictionnair |
| Bibliography: |
Gardiner, AEO 2, 1947, p. 110*-111*; Erichsen, Glossar, 1954, p. 134; Gomaà, LÄ IV, 1982, col. 638-639; Vandorpe, Geografische elementen, 1988, p. 73 no. 1; Kruit / Worp, AfP 46 (2000), p. 122-125; p. 140-141; Ciampi, Comunicazioni dell' Istituto Papirologico G. Vitelli 8 (2009), p. 123-154; CDD P, 2010, p. 93; Daris, ZPE 180 (2012), p. 266; Carrez-Maratray, Pap. Congr. XXVI (Geneva 2010), 2012, p. 135-139 |
| Maps: |
Pruneti, Ossirinchite, 1981, pl.; Baines / Malek, Atlas, 2002, p. 121; Benaissa, Oxyrhynchite nome, 2012(2), p. 495 |
| Notes: |
new reading in P. Erl. 75, 3 & 7 (no toponym; cf. Hickey, AfP 49 (2003), p. 205); new reading in SB 20 14403, 14 (no toponym; cf. BL 12, p. 226); new reading in P. Iand. 3 41, fr. 1, 2 (no toponym; cf. Gonis, ZPE 147 (2004), p. 164) |
