Ptolemais Hermeiou
8th Upper Egyptian nome, Thinites (Abydos, Girga) (U08)
| GEO ID: | 2023 |
| Name: | Ptolemais Hermeiou |
| Variant names: | Ptolemais Hermeiou - P-si (Psoi - Psois) - El-Mansha - sites including Sidi Musa; Gebel Tukh |
| Greek name: | Πτολεμαὶς Ἑρμείου |
| Latin name: | Ptolemais Hermiu - Ptolomais |
| Egyptian name: | Pȝ-sy (Pr-sy) - Ptwlmys |
| Coptic name: | ⲡⲥⲟⲓ |
| Other: | |
| Modern name: | El-Mansha |
| Ethnic: | Ptolemaieus - Ptolemaikos - Ptolemaitikos |
| Country: | Egypt |
| Provincia: | Aegyptus |
| Region: | U |
| Nome: | 08 |
| Administrative situation: | in the U Thebais |
| Status: | city: polis; metropolis; civitas |
| Location: | on the western Nile bank |
| Identification: | |
| Repertoria: | Dizionario IV, p. 205 (1); p. 210-211; Suppl. 2, p. 178; Suppl. 3, p. 131-132; Suppl. 4, p. 113 (1); p. 113; Suppl. 5, p. 84; Gauthier, Dictionnaire II, 1925, p. 150 |
| Bibliography: | Erichsen, Lesestücke II.2, 1940, p. 199; Gardiner, AEO 2, 1947, p. 39*-40* no. 353C; Erichsen, Glossar, 1954, p. 407; Helck, RE, 1959, col. 1868-1869, s.v. Ptolemais 4; Pestman, P. Tor. Choach., 1992, p. xxvi; Vandorpe, P. L. Bat. 27, 1995, p. 210; Kruit / Worp, AfP 46 (2000), p. 125-126; PP X, 2002, p. 360; P. Qasr Ibrim, 2005, p. 24-25; Cohen, The Hellenistic settlements, 2006, p. 350-352; Mueller, Settlements of the Ptolemies, 2006, p. 207 no. 64; CDD P, 2010, p. 26; p. 108; p. 175; p. 177-178 |
| Maps: | Baines / Malek, Atlas, 2002, p. 109; T. BM Arlt, 2011, p. 109 |
| Notes: | new foundation by Ptolemaios I |