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Philoteris
Arsinoites (Fayum), meris of Themistos (00b)
| GEO ID: | 1780 |
| Name: | Philoteris |
| Variant names: | Philoteris - P-awi-n-Philotera ('The place of Philotera') - (Medinet) Wadfa (Watfa) |
| Greek name: | Φιλωτερίς |
| Latin name: | |
| Egyptian name: | Pȝ-ʿ.wy-n-Pltrȝ (-Pyltr) |
| Coptic name: | |
| Other: | |
| Modern name: | Wadfa |
| Ethnic: | |
| Country: | Egypt |
| Provincia: | Aegyptus |
| Region: | 00 |
| Nome: | b |
| Administrative situation: | |
| Status: | village: kome; demi |
| Location: | near 00b Theadelpheia (2349), 00b Theoxenis (2386) |
| Identification: | |
| Repertoria: | Dizionario V, p. 89 (1); Suppl. 1, p. 248 [a]; Suppl. 2, p. 233 (1 & 3); Suppl. 3, p. 160 (1 & 3); Suppl. 4, p. 139 (1); Suppl. 5, p. 107 (1); Wessely, Topographie, 1904, p. 158; P. Tebt. 2, 1907, p. 353; p. 358; p. 408 (1) |
| Bibliography: | de Cenival, P. Lille Dem. 2, 1973, p. 221; p. 248-250; Vandorpe, Geografische elementen, 1988, p. 37; P. Heid. 6, 1994, p. 144; Römer / Bailey, ZPE 147 (2004), p. 281-305; Mueller, Settlements of the Ptolemies, 2006, p. 25; p. 211 no. 86; CDD P, 2010, p. 10; p. 43 |
| Maps: | Baines / Malek, Atlas, 2002, p. 121 |
| Notes: | Philotera is the daughter of Ptolemaios I |