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Porphyrites (Gebel Dokhan)

TM Geo 2771

Egypt - Eastern desert (Eastern desert) - provincia: Aegyptus - located northeast of U06 Kaine (Qena) (TM Geo 952) - cf. also Porphyritou Hodos (TM Geo 10869)
27.25,33.25 (Lat,Long)


Links: 4CARE/DEChriM, Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire, Pleiades, ToposText


Status: camp: praesidium; mountain: oros; mons; quarry: metallon


Greek name(s): Πορφυρίτης - Πορφυρίτου ὄρος - Πορφυριτικὰ μέταλλα
Latin name(s): Porphyrites
Modern name(s): Gebel Dokhan
Variants: Porphyrites - Porphyritou Oros (*Porphyrites Mons - *Porphyrites Oros) - Porphyritika Metalla - Gebel Dokhan (Gebel Abu Dukhan) - Wadi Maamal (Wadi Abu Maamel)


Repertoria: Dizionario III, p. 122 (s.v. Claudianus Mons); IV, p. 182; Suppl. 2, p. 173 (1); Suppl. 3, p. 130 (1)
Biblio: I. Pan du désert, 1977, p. 49-77; Klein, Steinbrüchen, 1988; Sidebotham, BIFAO 90 (1990), p. 339-344; Sheridan / Roth, BASP 29 (1992), p. 117-126; Cuvigny, Le désert oriental d'Égypte, 2018, § 17-38; § 105-173
Map: Alpine Journal 56 (1947), p. 35 [a] (Dukhan); Baines / Málek, Atlas, 2002(2), p. 21 (Mons Porphyrites); Baines / Málek, Atlas, 2002(2), p. 53 [a] (Mons Porphyrites); Barrington Atlas, 2000, pl. 78 C3 (Mons Porphyrites); Bengtson, Weltatlas, 1978(6), pl. 36 a D4 (Porphyrites Mons); BIFAO 7 (1909), pl. 1 (Massif du Gebel Doukhan); BIFAO 7 (1909), pl. 1 (Bir Doukhan); BIFAO 7 (1909), pl. 1 inset (Porphyrites Mons); BIFAO 7 (1909), pl. 1 inset (Forts du Bir Doukhan); BIFAO 7 (1909), pl. 1 inset (O. Abou Mâammal); BIFAO 7 (1909), pl. 1 inset (Mt. Barari); BIFAO 7 (1909), pl. 1 inset (Mt. Hadrien); Brun e.a. (ed.), Le désert oriental d'Égypte [Cuvigny], 2018, § 1 fig. 1 inset (Mons Porphyrites); CdE 28 (1953), p. 127 fig. 13 (Mons Porphyrites (Gebel Dokhan)); CdE 28 (1953), p. 127 fig. 13 inset (Mons Porphyrites); d'Anville, Aegyptus antiqua, 1765 (Porphyrites Mons); d'Anville, Égypte nommé dans le pays Missir, 1765 (Gebel Docan / Porphyre ou M. du Tabac à fumer); Egyptian series 1:50,000, map NG 36 O1b, 1989 (Jabal Abū Dukhān [bis]); Floyer, Eastern Desert of Egypt, 1887 (J. Dukhan); JEA 11 (1925), p. 138 pl. 11 (Porphyritae Mons (G. Dukhkhân)); JEA 11 (1925), p. 138 pl. 11 (Temple); JEA 38 (1952), p. 103 fig. 5 (Mons Porphyrites); JEA 38 (1952), p. 95 fig. 1 (Mons Porphyrites); JEA 38 (1952), p. 97 fig. 2 (Mons Porphyrites); JEA 39 (1953), p. 95 Vo inset (Mons Porphyrites); Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society (1892), p. 812 (Mons Porphyrites); Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society (1892), p. 812 (Dukhan); Journal of the Royal Geographical Society 2 (1832), p. 28 no. 2 (Gl. Dokhan); Maxfield / Peacock, The Roman imperial quarries I, 2001, p. 194 (Porphyrites Fort); Maxfield / Peacock, The Roman imperial quarries I, 2001, p. 194 (Gebel Dokhan); Maxfield / Peacock, The Roman imperial quarries I, 2001, p. 194 (Wadi Abu Ma'amal); MDAI Kairo 22 (1967), p. 111 fig. 1 (Porphyrites); MDAI Kairo 22 (1967), p. 186 fig. 21 (Gebel Dokhān); O. Claud. 1, 1992, p. 8 (Mons Porphyrites); Raimondi, Le désert oriental égyptien, 1923, pl. 8 (Zabara); Raimondi, Le désert oriental égyptien, 1923, pl. 9 (Djebel Doukhân (Mont Porphyrites)); Sidebotham / Gates-Foster (ed.), Survey of the desert roads, 2019, p. vi (G. Dochan); Tabula Imperii Romani. Coptos, 1958 (Mons Porphyrites); U.S. Army Map Service, map NG 36-3 (6th ed.), 1959 (G. Abu Dukhân)


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102389Chronique d‘Égypte (CdE) 28 (1953), p. 136-138 no. 10[find place, place of writing & preservation]stone Greek BC04 - AD08 Egypt, Eastern desert - Porphyrites (Gebel Dokhan) [find place, place of writing & preservation]
81599I. Pan du désert 31[find place, place of writing & preservation]stone Greek BC04 - AD08 Egypt, Eastern desert - Porphyrites (Gebel Dokhan) [find place, place of writing & preservation]
81600I. Pan du désert 32[find place, place of writing & preservation]stone Greek BC04 - AD07 Egypt, Eastern desert - Porphyrites (Gebel Dokhan) [find place, place of writing & preservation]
81601I. Pan du désert 33[find place, place of writing & preservation]stone (granite) Greek BC04 - AD07 Egypt, Eastern desert - Porphyrites (Gebel Dokhan) [find place, place of writing & preservation]
81602I. Pan du désert 34[find place, place of writing & preservation]stone (granite) Greek BC04 - AD08 Egypt, Eastern desert - Porphyrites (Gebel Dokhan) [find place, place of writing & preservation]
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