| GEO ID: |
34 |
| Name: |
Abydos |
| Variant names: |
Abydos (Abytos - Abidos - Abydoi - Abide) - sites including Memnonion; Osirieion; El-Araba el-Madfuna; Kom el-Sultan; Umm el-Qa'ab |
| Greek name: |
Ἀβυδος |
| Latin name: |
Abydus - Aboedos - Abubis - Abidos |
| Egyptian name: |
ȝbḏw (Ỉbd - Ỉbt - ȝbt) - pȝ tš n Ỉbt? |
| Coptic name: |
ⲉⲃⲱⲧ - ⲁⲃⲱⲧ |
| Other: |
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| Modern name: |
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| Ethnic: |
Abydenaios - Abydenos |
| Country: |
Egypt |
| Provincia: |
Aegyptus |
| Region: |
U |
| Nome: |
08 |
| Administrative situation: |
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| Status: |
city: polis; civitas |
| Location: |
on the western Nile bank |
| Identification: |
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| Repertoria: |
Dizionario I 1, p. 6 (bis); p. 6-7; Suppl. 1, p. 3 (bis); Gauthier, Dictionnaire I, 1925, p. 3-4; Timm, p. 591-600 |
| Bibliography: |
Wb 1, 1926, p. 9; Gardiner, AEO 2, 1947, p. 36*; Erichsen, Glossar, 1954, p. 4; p. 27; p. 348; Kemp, LÄ I, 1975, col. 28-41; CDD ȝ, 2002, p. 23; CDD I, 2011, p. 87-89 |
| Maps: |
Baines / Malek, Atlas, 2002, p. 109 |
| Notes: |
see also the attestations for U08 Memnonion (11812) and U08 Osirieion (11813); new reading in St. Abdalla 171, 2 (no toponym; cf. DBL, 2005, p. 544) |
