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Bousiris
20th Upper Egyptian nome, Herakleopolites (Inhnasya el-Medina, El-Hiba; incl. former 18th UEg nome) (U20)

GEO ID: 471
Name: Bousiris
Variant names: Bousiris - Abusir el-Meleq (el-Melek - al-Malaq)
Greek name: Βουσιρις
Latin name:
Egyptian name: Pr-Wsỉr (Pr-Wsỉr-ỉ.ỉr-ỉr)
Coptic name:
Other:
Modern name: Abusir el-Meleq
Ethnic: Bousirites
Country: Egypt
Provincia: Aegyptus
Region: U
Nome: 20
Administrative situation:
Status: village
Location:
Identification: cf. also U20 Peri Bousirin (12373)
Repertoria: Dizionario II, p. 66 (3); Suppl. 1, p. 85 (3); p. 86 (2); Suppl. 2, p. 38 (3); Suppl. 3, p. 27 (3); p. 123; Suppl. 4, p. 48 (3); p. 107; Timm, p. 465-467; Falivene, Herakleopolite nome, 1998, p. 7-12; p. 60-64; p. 293
Bibliography: von Beckerath, LÄ I, 1975, col. 42 (s.v. Abydos); Vandorpe, Geografische elementen, 1988, p. 68; P. Ryl. Vittmann, 1998, p. 452
Maps: Falivene, Herakleopolite nome, 1998, pl.; Baines / Malek, Atlas, 2002, p. 121
Notes: obsolete reading: Pr-Wsỉr-ỉ.ỉr-gr