| GEO ID: |
1767 |
| Name: |
Philai |
| Variant names: |
Philai (Philae - Phile - Pilak - Pylai) ('Island of the extremity'? 'Island of time'?) - Pileqe - Bilaq |
| Greek name: |
Φιλαι - Φιλη |
| Latin name: |
Philae - Filae |
| Egyptian name: |
Pȝ-lq (Pylq - Pr-rq - Pȝ-ỉy-lq - Pr-ỉy-lq - Pr-ỉy-rq - Pr-ỉw-rq - Pȝ-ỉw-rk - Pȝ-ỉȝ.t-rq) - Ỉw-ȝḫ-mnw |
| Coptic name: |
ⲡⲓⲗⲁⲕ - ⲡⲓⲗⲁⲕϩ - ⲡⲉⲓⲗⲁⲕ |
| Other: |
Pileqe (Meroitic) - Bilaq (Arabic) |
| Modern name: |
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| Ethnic: |
Philates - Philitanos |
| Country: |
Egypt |
| Provincia: |
Aegyptus |
| Region: |
U |
| Nome: |
01 |
| Administrative situation: |
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| Status: |
island (on the Nile): nesos; city: polis |
| Location: |
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| Identification: |
cf. also U01 Chefeteh-n-Isis-n-Philai (11773) |
| Repertoria: |
Dizionario V, p. 79; Suppl. 2, p. 231; Suppl. 3, p. 159; Suppl. 4, p. 138; Timm, p. 392-401; Gauthier, Dictionnaire I, 1925, p. 30; p. 47; II, 1925, p. 52 |
| Bibliography: |
Wb 1, 1926, p. 47; Erichsen, Lesestücke II.2, 1940, p. 199; Winter, LÄ IV, 1982, col. 1022-1028; Priese, Meroitica 7 (1984), p. 485; Vandorpe, Geografische elementen, 1988, p. 14-15; Vassilika, Ptolemaic Philae, 1989; Dietze, AncSoc 25 (1994), p. 65-110; Locher, Topographie Nilkatarakt, 1999, p. 121-141; PP X, 2002, p. 309-310; La'da, Pap. Congr. XXIII (Vienna 2001), 2007, p. 369-380; CDD P, 2010, p. 5; p. 66-68; p. 97; CDD I, 2011, p. 36 |
| Maps: |
Baines / Malek, Atlas, 2002, p. 72 |
| Notes: |
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