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Gurob
(00a?)

GEO ID: 720
Name: Gurob
Variant names: Gurob - Kom Medinet el-Ghurab
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Ethnic:
Country: Egypt
Provincia: Aegyptus
Region: 00
Nome: a?
Administrative situation:
Status: village
Location: at the entrance to the 00 Arsinoites (332), southwest of 00a El-Lahun (2024)
Identification: U20 Magdola (5547)?
Repertoria: Dizionario Suppl. 5, p. 59 (s.v. Magdola (3))
Bibliography: Arnold, LÄ II, 1977, col. 922-923; P. Tebt. Tait, 1977, p. 29
Maps: Baines / Malek, Atlas, 2002, p. 121
Notes: archaeological remains from the 18th dynasty till the Ptolemaic period; the identification with 00 Moeris (1381) (suggested in LÄ and P. Tebt. Tait) is very doubtful