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Apias
Arsinoites (Fayum), meris of Themistos (00b)
| GEO ID: | 240 |
| Name: | Apias |
| Variant names: | Apias - P-awi-n-Pa-Hep ('The place of Paapis / The one of Apis') - P-awi-n-Apis ('The place of Apis') |
| Greek name: | Ἀπιάς |
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| Egyptian name: | Pȝ-ʿ.wy-n-Pa-Ḥp - Pȝ-ʿ.wy-n-Ḥp - Ḥp |
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| Country: | Egypt |
| Provincia: | Aegyptus |
| Region: | 00 |
| Nome: | b |
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| Status: | village: kome; demi |
| Location: | near 00b Archelais (290), 00b Euhemereia (675), 00b Herakleia (772), 00b Lysimachis (1275), 00b Pelousion (1661), 00b Psenhyris (1957), 00a Sebennytos (2103), 00b Sethrempais (2122), 00b Trikomia (2470); seems to have incorporated the nearby 00b Philopator Apiados (1775) in the early Roman period |
| Identification: | cf. also 00b Philopator Apiados (1775) |
| Repertoria: | Dizionario I 2, p. 13 (s.v. Amia); p. 139-142; p. 438 (?); Suppl. 1, p. 44; Suppl. 2, p. 21; Suppl. 3, p. 18; Suppl. 4, p. 17; Suppl. 5, p. 17; Wessely, Topographie, 1904, p. 37-38; P. Tebt. 2, 1907, p. 358; p. 368 |
| Bibliography: | de Cenival, P. Lille Dem. 2, 1973, p. 122; p. 221; Rübsam, Götter und Kulte in Faijum, 1974, p. 57; Battaglia, Aegyptus 62 (1982), p. 124-135; Hobson, Aegyptus 62 (1982), p. 80-123; Clarysse / Swinnen, Studi Adriani, 1983, I, p. 15; Vandorpe, Geografische elementen, 1988, p. 37; Mueller, Settlements of the Ptolemies, 2006, p. 27; CDD P, 2010, p. 9-10 |
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| Notes: | the Greek name Apias is derived from the demoticon L00 Apieus (8917), but in the Egyptian translation the name is linked to the Egyptian god Apis |