Pathyris (Gebelein)

TM Geo 1628

Egypt - 4th Upper Egyptian nome, Pathyrites (Gebelein) (U04a)The region ca. 250 BC - provincia: AegyptusThe provincia ca. 200 AD - same as U04a? Temsir (TM Geo 7407)?; cf. also U04a Pathyrites (TM Geo 2849)
25.369659,32.473946 (Lat,Long)

Gods in this toponym: Aphrodite (TM God 104), Hathor (TM God 27), Venus (TM God 192)

Links: Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire, Pleiades, ToposText, Wikipedia

Status: city: polis; oppidum; village: kome; demi

Greek name(s): Παθυρις - Ἀφροδίτης πόλις - Ἐνταιγις
Latin name(s): Veneris oppidum
Egyptian name(s): Pr-Ḥw.t-Ḥr - Ỉnr.ty (Ỉn.ty)
Coptic name(s): ⲡⲁⲑⲩⲣⲓⲥ
Ethnic(s): Pathyrites
Modern name(s): Gebelein
Variants: Pathyris - Aphroditopolis (Aphrodites Polis) - Per-Hathor ('House (of) Hathor') - Inerty / Inti (Inty) / Entaigis / Entaiis (Entaiye) (in the expression Hathernebentaigis) ('The two rock formations') - Gebelein (Gebelen) - sites including Debbabiyeh (Dabbabiyeh)

Repertoria: Dizionario I 1, p. 27; I 2, p. 289 (3); p. 301-302 (5); IV, p. 14-17; p. 17-18; Suppl. 1, p. 216 (bis); Suppl. 2, p. 145 (bis); Suppl. 3, p. 117; Suppl. 4, p. 103 (bis); Suppl. 5, p. 77; Gauthier, Dictionnaire I, 1925, p. 42-43; p. 86; p. 88-89; II, 1925, p. 117
Biblio: Griffith, P. Ryl. Dem., 1909, p. 260; p. 425; Sethe, ZÄS 47 (1910), p. 42-59; Wb 1, 1926, p. 98; P. Adler Dem., 1939, p. 65; p. 67; Erichsen, Lesestücke II.2, 1940, p. 200; p. 200-201; Gardiner, AEO 2, 1947, p. 17*-20* no. 327-329; Otto, Topographie des thebanischen Gaues, 1952, p. 92-105; Erichsen, Glossar, 1954, p. 134; p. 235; Meeks, Le grand texte des donations, 1972, p. 79 n. 79; Wildung, LÄ II, 1977, col. 447-449; Helck, LÄ IV, 1982, col. 915; Vandorpe, Geografische elementen, 1988, p. 76; Zahariade, LGRC, 1998, col. 633 no. 5; CDD N, 2004, p. 155-156; Vandorpe / Waebens, Pathyris' archives, 2009; CDD P, 2010, p. 29; p. 100-103; CDD T, 2012, p. 31-32; Sapientia Felicitas, 2016 p. 25-26; Ejsmond / Skalec / Chyla, Pap. Congr. XXIX (Lecce 2019), 2022, p. 372-386
Map: Baines / Málek, Atlas, 2002(2), p. 108-109 (Gebelein); Baines / Málek, Atlas, 2002(2), p. 71 (Gebelein / Pathyris, Aphroditopolis / Per-Hathor); Barrington Atlas, 2000, pl. 80 B3 (Pathyris / Aphroditopolis); Rifaud, Carte du cours du Nil, 1830 (Djebelein ou les 2 Monte.); Tabula Imperii Romani. Coptos, 1958 (Aphroditopolis / Gabalein)
Note: new reading In.ty instead of Ntr.wy ('The two gods') (cf. Meeks); the town was deserted shortly after BC 88