Memnoneia - Djeme (Thebes west)

TM Geo 1341

Egypt - 4th Upper Egyptian nome, Peri Thebas (Theban area) (U04b)The region ca. 250 BC - provincia: AegyptusThe provincia ca. 200 AD - in the Byzantine period situated in the U04a Hermonthites (admin.) - cf. also U04b P-wah-n-Djeme (TM Geo 10753), U04b Chefeteh-n-Djeme (TM Geo 13567), U04b Per-Djeme (Kerameia)
25.631139,32.560331 (Lat,Long)

Gods in this toponym: Djeme (TM God 587), Memnon (TM God 702)

Links: 4CARE/DEChriM, Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire, Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire [2], EDH, EDH [2], Pleiades, Pleiades [2], Pleiades [3], Pleiades [4], Wikipedia

Status: village: kome; quarter; district

Greek name(s): τὰ Μεμνόνεια
Latin name(s): Menonia (sic)
Egyptian name(s): Ḏmȝ (Tḏmȝʿ - Ḏmʿ - Ḏmȝ.t - Pr-Ḏmȝ - Pȝ-Ḏmȝ)
Coptic name(s): ϫⲏⲙⲉ - ϭⲏⲙⲓ
Ethnic(s): Memnonites
Modern name(s): Thebes west
Variants: ta Memnoneia (Memnonea - Memnonia) - Djeme (Djema - Zemi) - Gebel Shama - Thebes west - sites including Qamula; El-Tarif (Gebel Tarif); (New) Gurna (Qurna); Dra' Abu el-Naga (with Deir el-Bakhit (el-Bachit)); Asasif (Assasif); Deir el-Bahari (el-Bahri) (with the Monastery of Apa Phoibammon / Apa Phoibammonos Topos (TM Geo 11645) and Bab el-Gasus); El-Khokha; Sheikh Abd el-Gurna (with the Monastery of Epiphanios and the Monastery of Kyriakos (TT 65)); Ramesseum; Deir el-Medina; Qurnet Mura'i (Qurnat Mar'y) (with the Monastery of Saint Marcus / Abba Markou Topos / Topos of Saint Marcus); Colossi of Memnon; Medinet Habu; Qasr el-Aguz; Malkata (El-Malqata); El-Kom; Deir el-Shelwit (Deir Chelouit); El-Bai'rat; Nag' el-Tud; Valley of the Kings / Syringes (Wadi / Biban el-Muluk); Valley of the Queens (Biban el-Harim) (with Deir el-Rumi); Wadi of Prince Ahmes; Tomb of Amenemope (TT 29); Tomb of Padihorresnet (TT 196); Tomb of Puyemre; Monastery of Apa Paulus; Monastery of Apa Menas (TM Geo 60626); Tomb of Ahmose (TT 121); Wadi Gabbanat el-Gurud (el-Qurud); El-Qurn

Repertoria: Dizionario III, p. 230; p. 256-257; p. 258; Suppl. 1, p. 194; Suppl. 2, p. 119; Suppl. 3, p. 73; Suppl. 4, p. 85; p. 86; Suppl. 5, p. 60; Gauthier, Dictionnaire VI, 1929, p. 65-66
Biblio: Erichsen, Lesestücke II.2, 1940, p. 202; Gardiner, AEO 2, 1947, p. 25*-26*; Otto, Topographie des thebanischen Gaues, 1952, p. 44-82; Erichsen, Glossar, 1954, p. 60; p. 678-679; Otto, LÄ I, 1975, col. 1108-1109; Ray, GM 45 (1981), p. 57-58; Vandorpe, Geografische elementen, 1988, p. 81-82; Pestman, P. Survey, 1993, p. 411-423; Vandorpe, P. L. Bat. 27, 1995, p. 222-223; CDD Ḏ, 2001, p. 39-44; p. 46; Krueger, O. Lips. Copt. 2.1, 2020, p. 56
Map: Baines / Málek, Atlas, 2002(2), p. 85 (Deir el-Medina); Baines / Málek, Atlas, 2002(2), p. 85 (Valley of the Kings (Wadi el-Muluk)); Baines / Málek, Atlas, 2002(2), p. 85 (Valley of the Queens (Biban el-Harim)); Baines / Málek, Atlas, 2002(2), p. 85 (Medinet Habu / Djamet, Tjamet); Baines / Málek, Atlas, 2002(2), p. 85 (Deir el-Shelwit); Baines / Málek, Atlas, 2002(2), p. 85 (Qurnet Mura‛i); Baines / Málek, Atlas, 2002(2), p. 85 (Dra‛ Abu el-Naga‛); Baines / Málek, Atlas, 2002(2), p. 85 (Qurna); Baines / Málek, Atlas, 2002(2), p. 85 (el-Tarif); Baines / Málek, Atlas, 2002(2), p. 85 (Deir el-Bahri); Baines / Málek, Atlas, 2002(2), p. 85 (el-Qurn); Baines / Málek, Atlas, 2002(2), p. 85 (Sheikh ‛Abd el-Qurna); Baines / Málek, Atlas, 2002(2), p. 85 (Qasr el-‛Aguz); Baines / Málek, Atlas, 2002(2), p. 85 (New Qurna); Baines / Málek, Atlas, 2002(2), p. 96 (Deir el-Bahri); Baines / Málek, Atlas, 2002(2), p. 97 (Ramesseum); Baines / Málek, Atlas, 2002(2), p. 98 (Medinet Habu); Barrington Atlas, 2000, pl. 80 B2 (Memnonia); CdE 28 (1953), p. 127 fig. 13 inset (Thebes); Floyer, Eastern Desert of Egypt, 1887 (Site of Thebes); Floyer, Eastern Desert of Egypt, 1887 (El Korneh); JEA 11 (1925), p. 138 pl. 11 (Thebes); JEA 38 (1952), p. 95 fig. 1 (Thebes); JEA 39 (1953), p. 95 Vo (Thebes); JEA 39 (1953), p. 95 Vo inset (Thebes); Jomard, Carte itinéraire, 1820 (Qournah - Medynet Abou); P. Survey, 1993, p. 4 (Memnoneia); P. Survey, 1993, p. 4 (Jeme); P. Survey, 1993, p. 4 (Dra-abu'l-Nagga); P. Survey, 1993, p. 4 no. B (Deir el-Medina); P. Survey, 1993, p. 4 no. C (Medinet Habu); Rifaud, Carte du cours du Nil, 1830 (Thebes); Tabula Imperii Romani. Coptos, 1958 (Medinet Habu)
Note: in the CDD Djeme is always considered a toponym, never the name of a god in itself, and Djeme in the latter cases has to be considered a short writing for '(the god of) Djeme'; see also the attestations for U04b Apa Phoibammonos Topos (11645), U04b Apa Paulus Monastery (13098), U04b Ramesseum (11334), U04b Abba Markou Topos (11200), U04b Syringes (11892), Deir el-Bakhit (61492); obsolete readings: Mam, Mȝʿ-Rȝ, Qsm; new reading in O. Strasb. 2 897 (P. Zauzich 32), 3 (no toponym)