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Dios Polis
7th Upper Egyptian nome, Diospolites Mikros (Hou) (U07)

GEO ID: 577
Name: Dios Polis
Variant names: Dios Polis (Diospolis) (he) Mikra (Parva) - Hou (Hu) - Hout-Sekhem (Hout-seshemou) ('House (of) (the) sistrum / sistra') - Hiou (Huw)
Greek name: Διὸς Πόλις Μικρά
Latin name: Diospolis - Iovis
Egyptian name: Ḥw.t-Sḫm (Ḥw.t - Ḥw.t-sšm.w)
Coptic name: ϩⲟⲩ - ϩⲱ
Other:
Modern name: Hiou
Ethnic: Diopolites Mikros
Country: Egypt
Provincia: Aegyptus
Region: U
Nome: 07
Administrative situation: in the U Thebais
Status: city: polis: metropolis
Location: on the western Nile bank
Identification: Hout-seshemi? (10856)?; cf. also U07 Diospolites (2998)
Repertoria: Dizionario II, p. 113 (1-2); p. 114; p. 119; Suppl. 1, p. 98 (1-2); p. 98; p. 99; Suppl. 2, p. 46; Suppl. 3, p. 32 (1); p. 33; Suppl. 4, p. 53; Suppl. 5, p. 29; Gauthier, Dictionnaire IV, 1927, p. 129-130; p. 226; Timm, p. 1120-1125
Bibliography: Spiegelberg, Mythus vom Sonnenauge, 1917, p. 328 no. 1086; Wb 3, 1929, p. 3; Gardiner, AEO 2, 1947, p. 33*-34* no. 346; Erichsen, Glossar, 1954, p. 284; p. 455; Montet, Géographie 2, 1961, p. 93; Vandorpe, Geografische elementen, 1988, p. 131-132; P. Hou, 1991, p. 2; Collombert, RdE 48 (1997), p. 15-70; CDD Ḥ, 2009, p. 23; p. 36-37
Maps: Baines / Malek, Atlas, 2002, p. 109
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