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Ptolemais Melissourgon

TM Geo 2026

Egypt - Arsinoites (Fayum), meris of Polemon (00c) - provincia: Aegyptus - located near 00c Tebetny (TM Geo 2284), 00c Tebtynis (TM Geo 2287) and 00c Oxyryncha (TM Geo 1523) - same as 00c P-sy (TM Geo 2592)?


Links: Pleiades


Status: village: kome


Greek name(s): Πτολεμαὶς Μελισσουργῶν
Egyptian name(s): Pȝ-sy-ṯȝy-ỉb
Ethnic(s): Melissourgites
Variants: Ptolemais Melissourgon ('Ptolemais of (the) bee-keepers')


Repertoria: Dizionario III, p. 255; IV, p. 211; Suppl. 1, p. 231; Suppl. 2, p. 179; Suppl. 3, p. 132; Suppl. 4, p. 113; Suppl. 5, p. 84 [a-b] (?); p. 84-85; Wessely, Topographie, 1904, p. 130; P. Tebt. 2, 1907, p. 400; Barrington Atlas, 2000, p. 1136 (pl. 75 unlocated)
Biblio: Daris, Aegyptus 64 (1984), p. 101-108; CPR 10, 1986, p. 27; Mueller, Settlements of the Ptolemies, 2006, p. 25; p. 208-209 no. 71


Stable URI (with TM Geo ID): www.trismegistos.org/place/2026

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851638P. Oxyrhyncha 21[written]papyrus Greek BC02 Egypt, 00c - Ptolemais Melissourgon [written]
Egypt, 00 - Arsinoites (Fayum) [found]
110153P. Sijpesteijn 19 Ro[written]papyrus Greek AD01 Egypt, 00c - Ptolemais Melissourgon [written]
Egypt, 00 - Arsinoites (Fayum) [found]
110230P. Sijpesteijn 19 Vo descr.[written]papyrus Demotic AD01 Egypt, 00c - Ptolemais Melissourgon (?) [written]
Egypt, 00 - Arsinoites (Fayum) [found]
41780O. Wilcken 2 1102[written]pottery Greek AD02 Egypt, 00c - Ptolemais Melissourgon [written]
Egypt, U20 - Sidmant el-Gebel [found]
41794O. Wilcken 2 1123[written]pottery Greek AD02 - AD03 Egypt, 00c - Ptolemais Melissourgon (?) [written]
Egypt, U20 - Sidmant el-Gebel [found]
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