| GEO ID: |
801 |
| Name: |
Herakleopolis |
| Variant names: |
Herakleopolis (Herakleous Polis) Megale (Magna) - Hout-nen-nesou (Henen-Nesou) ('House (of) (the) child (of) (the) king') - Hnes (Hanes) - Ihnasya el-Medina (Ahnas) |
| Greek name: |
Ἡρακλέους Πόλις Μεγάλη |
| Latin name: |
Heracleo - Herculis Oppidum - Hanes |
| Egyptian name: |
Ḥw.t-nn-nsw (Nn-nsw - Ḥw.t-nsw) |
| Coptic name: |
ϩⲛⲏⲥ - ϩⲛⲉⲥ |
| Other: |
Hanes (Hebrew) |
| Modern name: |
Ihnasya el-Medina |
| Ethnic: |
Herakleopolites (Herakleopolitis) - Heracleopolitus - Herakleotes - Herakleotikos - Herakleiotikos |
| Country: |
Egypt |
| Provincia: |
Aegyptus |
| Region: |
U |
| Nome: |
20 |
| Administrative situation: |
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| Status: |
city: polis; urbs; civitas; oppidum; metropolis |
| Location: |
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| Identification: |
cf. also U20 Herakleopolites (2713) |
| Repertoria: |
Dizionario I 2, p. 40; II, p. 217-219 (1-2); p. 219; p. 220-224 (1); p. 225 (2-3); p. 226 [1]; III, p. 395 (2); Suppl. 1, p. 128 (1-2); p. 128-129; p. 129 (2); Suppl. 2, p. 63 (1-2); p. 63; Suppl. 3, p. 44 (1-2); p. 44; p. 45 (2); Suppl. 4, p. 63-64 |
| Bibliography: |
Wb 2, 1927, p. 272; Gardiner, AEO 2, p. 113*-114* no. 389; Erichsen, Glossar, 1954, p. 220; p. 228; p. 285; Vandorpe, Geografische elementen, 1988, p. 134; CDD Ḥ, 2009, p. 26-27 |
| Maps: |
Falivene, Herakleopolite nome, 1998, pl.; Baines / Malek, Atlas, 2002, p. 121 |
| Notes: |
obsolete reading: Ḥw.t-stnj; new reading in ZPE 141 (2002), p. 187-189, l. 17 (no toponym; cf. P. Heid. Gr. 9, 2006, p. 43); new reading in P. Col. Zen. 1 5, 47 (no toponym; cf. P. Col. Zen. 2, 1940, p. 11) |
