| GEO ID: |
2207 |
| Name: |
Syene |
| Variant names: |
Syene (Soene - Souene) - Kaine Syene - Assuan (Aswan) - sites including Salib Island; Gebel Gulab; Anba Sama'an |
| Greek name: |
Συηνη |
| Latin name: |
Syene - Siene |
| Egyptian name: |
Swn (Swnw) |
| Coptic name: |
ⲥⲟⲩⲁⲛ |
| Other: |
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| Modern name: |
Assuan |
| Ethnic: |
Syenites - Syenitikos - Syenaios |
| Country: |
Egypt |
| Provincia: |
Aegyptus |
| Region: |
U |
| Nome: |
01 |
| Administrative situation: |
in the U Thebais |
| Status: |
city: polis; urbs; civitas |
| Location: |
on the eastern Nile bank |
| Identification: |
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| Repertoria: |
Dizionario III, p. 48; IV, p. 316-317; p. 318 (bis); Suppl. 1, p. 237; Suppl. 2, p. 197 (bis); Suppl. 3, p. 140-141; p. 141 (bis); Suppl. 4, p. 122; Suppl. 5, p. 92; Timm, p. 222-235 |
| Bibliography: |
Erichsen, Lesestücke II.2, 1940, p. 201; Erichsen, Glossar, 1954, p. 414; Locher, Topographie Nilkatarakt, 1999, p. 58-86; ZPE 155 (2006), p. 183-187; La'da, Pap. Congr. XXIII (Vienna 2001), 2007, p. 369-380; CDD T, 2012, p. 33 |
| Maps: |
Baines / Malek, Atlas, 2002, p. 72 |
| Notes: |
new reading in P. Loeb 1, 14 (no toponym; cf. DBL, 2005, p. 270); cf. the expression 'syenites', 'stone from Syene' (sc. granite) |
