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Bakchias
Arsinoites (Fayum), meris of Herakleides (00a)
| GEO ID: | 392 |
| Name: | Bakchias |
| Variant names: | Bakchias - Kom el-Atl (Umm el-Atl - Kom el-Asl) |
| Greek name: | Βακχιάς |
| Latin name: | |
| Egyptian name: | Gnw.t - Km-wr |
| Coptic name: | |
| Other: | |
| Modern name: | Kom el-Atl |
| Ethnic: | Bakchiotes |
| Country: | Egypt |
| Provincia: | Aegyptus |
| Region: | 00 |
| Nome: | a |
| Administrative situation: | |
| Status: | village: kome |
| Location: | near 00a Arsinoe (326), 00a Hephaistias (766), 00a Karanis (1008), 00a Philadelpheia (1760), 00a Psenharpsenesis (1955), 00a Soknopaiou Nesos (2157) |
| Identification: | T-set-Bekes? (13691)? |
| Repertoria: | Dizionario II, p. 22-30; p. 30; Suppl. 1, p. 75-76; p. 76; Suppl. 2, p. 33; Suppl. 3, p. 25 (bis); Suppl. 4, p. 45; Suppl. 5, p. 23; P. Tebt. 2, 1907, p. 372 |
| Bibliography: | P. Fay., 1900, p. 35-42.65-68; PM IV, 1934, p. 96; Yoyotte, BIFAO 61 (1962), p. 116-119; Rübsam, Götter und Kulte in Faijum, 1974, p. 62-78; Poethke, LÄ I, 1975, col. 605-606; Pernigotti / Capasso, Bakchias I-VIII, 1994-2001; Vanlauwe, Bakchias, 1994 (unpubl. thesis); Bogaert, ZPE 120 (1998), p. 179; Pernigotti, Aegyptus 78 (1998), p. 27-39 (http://siba2.unile.it/images/papiri/backias.html); Clarysse, Fayyum meeting (Pap. Lup. 14), 2005, p. 70; Pernigotti, REAC 7 (2005), p. 37-72; Capasso, Pap. Congr. XXIII (Vienna 2001), 2007, p. 81-86; Pernigotti, REAC 11 (2009), p. 95-103 |
| Maps: | Baines / Malek, Atlas, 2002, p. 121 |
| Notes: | new reading in O. Mich. 2 901, 1 (no toponym; cf. BL 12, p. 310) |