| GEO ID: |
621 |
| Name: |
Elephantine |
| Variant names: |
Elephantine (Elephantis) - Ieb - Geziret Assuan |
| Greek name: |
Ἐλεφαντίνη - Ἰηβ |
| Latin name: |
Elephantine - Elephantis |
| Egyptian name: |
Yb (Ybȝ - ȝbw - Ỉȝbw - Ỉb) |
| Coptic name: |
ⲓⲏⲃ |
| Other: |
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| Modern name: |
Geziret Assuan |
| Ethnic: |
Elephanteus - Elephantites - Elephantinites |
| Country: |
Egypt |
| Provincia: |
Aegyptus |
| Region: |
U |
| Nome: |
01 |
| Administrative situation: |
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| Status: |
island (on the Nile): nesos; insula; city: polis; demi |
| Location: |
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| Identification: |
cf. also U01 Elephantinites (13441), U01 - Katarraktes Mikros / Mou-bin-n-Abou (4808) |
| Repertoria: |
Dizionario II, p. 138; p. 138-140; p. 140; Suppl. 1, p. 104; Suppl. 2, p. 50; Suppl. 3, p. 35 (bis); Suppl. 4, p. 55; Suppl. 5, p. 31; Timm, p. 1044-1049; Gauthier, Dictionnaire I, 1925, p. 3 |
| Bibliography: |
Wb 1, 1926, p. 7; Gardiner, AEO 2, 1947, p. 2*-5* no. 315; Erichsen, Glossar, 1954, p. 49; p. 321; p. 392; Habachi, LÄ I, 1975, col. 1217-1225; CRIPEL 8 (1986), p. 37-42; Locher, Topographie Nilkatarakt, 1999, p. 15-34; CDD Y, 2001, p. 8-9; p. 10; La'da, Pap. Congr. XXIII (Vienna 2001), 2007, p. 369-380 |
| Maps: |
Baines / Malek, Atlas, 2002, p. 72 |
| Notes: |
new reading in O. Leiden Dem. 338, 4 (no toponym; cf. DBL, 2005, p. 432) |
