| GEO ID: |
812 |
| Name: |
Hermonthis |
| Variant names: |
Hermonthis (Eresbythos) - Iounou-Shema ('Southern Heliopolis' / 'Heliopolis of Upper Egypt') - Iounou-Montou ('Heliopolis (of) (the god) Montou') - Per-Mountou ('House / temple of Montou') - Armant (Erment) - sites including Bucheum; Monastery of Apa Tyrannos |
| Greek name: |
Ἑρμωνθις (Ἑρμονθις) - Ἐρεσβυθος |
| Latin name: |
Hermunthus - Hermuntis |
| Egyptian name: |
Ỉwny (Ỉwn) - Ỉwnw-Šmʿ - Ỉwnw-Mnṯw (Ỉwn-Mnṱ) - Pr-Mnṯw (Pr-Mnṱ) |
| Coptic name: |
ⲉⲣⲙⲟⲛⲧ |
| Other: |
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| Modern name: |
Armant |
| Ethnic: |
Hermonthites |
| Country: |
Egypt |
| Provincia: |
Aegyptus |
| Region: |
U |
| Nome: |
04a |
| Administrative situation: |
in the U Thebais |
| Status: |
city: polis; metropolis; nout |
| Location: |
on the western Nile bank |
| Identification: |
cf. also U04a Hermonthites (2981), U04a Per-Montou-neb-Iounou (11363) |
| Repertoria: |
Dizionario II, p. 156; p. 175-177; p. 177 (1-2); Suppl. 1, p. 86; p. 114 (bis); Suppl. 2, p. 55; p. 55-56 (1-2); Suppl. 3, p. 38; p. 38 (2); Suppl. 4, p. 59; p. 59 (2); Suppl. 5, p. 33; p. 33 (1); Gauthier, Dictionnaire I, 1925, p. 53; p. 54-55; p. 5 |
| Bibliography: |
Wb 1, 1926, p. 54; Erichsen, Lesestücke II.2, 1940, p. 200; Gardiner, AEO 2, 1947, p. 22*-24* no. 332-333; p. 30*; Otto, Topographie des thebanischen Gaues, 1952, p. 86-92; Erichsen, Glossar, 1954, p. 24; p. 509; Eggebrecht, LÄ I, 1975, col. 435-441; Helck, LÄ II, 1977, col. 387; Vandorpe, Geografische elementen, 1988, p. 18-19; p. 203; Vandorpe / Waebens, Pathyris' archives, 2009, p. 38; CDD P, 2010, p. 93; CDD I, 2011, p. 69-71; p. 71-72 |
| Maps: |
Baines / Malek, Atlas, 2002, p. 109 |
| Notes: |
see also the attestations for U04a Bucheum (11443); the name Iounou-Shema has been used both for U04b Dios Polis (576) and U04a Hermonthis (812); obsolete reading: Ws.t-šmʿ |
