Apollonopolis (Qus)

TM Geo 270

Egypt - 5th Upper Egyptian nome, Koptites (Qift) (U05)The region ca. 250 BC - provincia: AegyptusThe provincia ca. 200 AD - located on the eastern Nile bank - same as U Konstantine Polis (TM Geo 2638)?
25.854553,32.710142 (Lat,Long)

Gods in this toponym: Apollon (TM God 105)

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Status: city: polis; village: kome; vicus; district: nomos

Greek name(s): Ἀπόλλωνος πόλις Μικρά - Διοκλητιανόπολις - Διοκλητιανοῦ Πόλις
Latin name(s): vicus Apollonos - Chus
Egyptian name(s): Gs (Gsȝ - Gsy)
Coptic name(s): ⲕⲟⲟⲥ - ⲕⲟⲥ - ⲕⲱⲥ
Modern name(s): Qus
Variants: Apollonopolis (Apollonos Polis - Apollinopolis) Mikra (Parva) - Diokletianopolis (Diokletianou Polis - City of Diocletianus) - Ges - Koos (Kos - Chus) - Qus (Kous - Kus - Qos) - sites including the Monastery of Saint Elias

Repertoria: Dizionario I 2, p. 160 (3); p. 169-170 (2); p. 439 (4); p. 440 (2); II, p. 106; Suppl. 1, p. 49 (2-<3>); p. 50 (2); Suppl. 2, p. 23 (2); p. 44; Suppl. 3, p. 19 (2); p. 31; Suppl. 4, p. 18 (2); p. 52; Gauthier, Dictionnaire V, 1928, p. 178; Timm, p. 2173-2180
Biblio: Erichsen, Lesestücke II.2, 1940, p. 201; Gardiner, AEO 2, 1947, p. 27*-28* no. 339; Zauzich, P. Berl. Eleph. 2, 1993, no. 13566, p. 2; CDD G, 2004, p. 70; Eller, Nomes et toparchies (BdE 179), 2022, p. 103-112
Map: Baines / Málek, Atlas, 2002(2), p. 108-109 (Qus / Apollinopolis Parva / Gesa, Gesy); Baines / Málek, Atlas, 2002(2), p. 108-109 (Qus (necropolis)); Baines / Málek, Atlas, 2002(2), p. 71 (Qus); Barrington Atlas, 2000, pl. 80 B2 (Apollonopolis Parva / Diocletianopolis); Belzoni, Narrative of the operations in Egypt and Nubia, 1820, pl. 38 (Apolinopolis Parva); Cuvigny (ed.), La route de Myos Hormos, 2003, p. 663 (Apollonos Polis Mikra); Egyptian series 1:50,000, map NG 36 F6d, 1990 (Qūṣ); Floyer, Eastern Desert of Egypt, 1887 (Kus); Floyer, Eastern desert or northern Etbai, 1893 (Kos); JEA 11 (1925), p. 138 pl. 11 (Ḳûs); Jomard, Carte itinéraire, 1820 (Qóus); Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society (1892), p. 812 (Kos); LÄ VI, 1986, col. 1101-1102 no. 1 (Qus); LÄ VII, 1992, map 4 (Qus); Raimondi, Le désert oriental égyptien, 1923, pl. 1 (plan) (Kôs); Raimondi, Le désert oriental égyptien, 1923, pl. 8 (Kos); Rifaud, Carte du cours du Nil, 1830 (Khous); Sidebotham / Gates-Foster (ed.), Survey of the desert roads, 2019, p. vi (Qus); Survey Department Cairo, 1907, map 1 (Qus); Tabula Imperii Romani. Coptos, 1958 (Apollonopolis Parva / Qūs)
Note: obsolete interpretation: Apollonopolites; the identification with Rsn(.t) / Rsnf(.t) (3633) is no longer accepted (cf. U03 Latopolis (Esna) (1227))