Myos Hormos (Quseir el-Qadim)

TM Geo 3156

Egypt - Eastern desert (Eastern desert)The region ca. 250 BC - provincia: AegyptusThe provincia ca. 200 AD - located at the Red Sea (TM Geo 3632) - same as Aigait (TM Geo 56371)?; cf. also Mysormitike Hodos (TM Geo 10344)
26.156611,34.24401 (Lat,Long)

Gods in this toponym: Aphrodite (TM God 104)

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Status: harbour: hormos; limen; city?: civitas

Greek name(s): Μυὸς Ὅρμος - Ἀφροδίτης Ὅρμος
Latin name(s): Myos Hormus - Myoshormos - Mys Ormus
Ethnic(s): Hormites? - Mysormitikos
Modern name(s): Quseir el-Qadim
Variants: Myos Hormos (Mysormos - 'Harbour of (the) mouse') - Aphrodites Hormos - Quseir (Quseyr - Qusair - El-Kosseir) - Quseir el-Qadim ('Old Quseir') - Bir el-Quseir el-Qadim

Repertoria: Dizionario I 2, p. 289; III, p. 304-305; Suppl. 2, p. 127; Suppl. 3, p. 76; Suppl. 4, p. 88; Suppl. 5, p. 63
Biblio: Whitcomb, Topoi 6 (1996), p. 747-783; Cuvigny (ed.), La route de Myos Hormos, 2003, p. 24-27 & passim; Peacock / Blue (ed.), Myos Hormos - Quseir al-Qadim 1, 2006 & 2, 2011; Blue, Le désert oriental d'Égypte, 2018; Cuvigny, Le désert oriental d'Égypte, 2018, § 195-199; Van Rengen, Le désert oriental d'Égypte, 2018
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(ed.), Le désert oriental d'Égypte [Cuvigny], 2018, § 1 fig. 1 inset (Myos Hormos (Qusayr al-Qadîm)); BSOAS 15 (1953), p. 28 (Myos Hormos); CdE 28 (1953), p. 127 fig. 13 inset (Myos Hormos); Cuvigny (ed.), La route de Myos Hormos, 2003, p. 232 fig. 188 (Qusayr al-Qadim / Qusayr); Cuvigny (ed.), La route de Myos Hormos, 2003, p. 49 fig. 17 (Qusayr-al Qadim); Cuvigny (ed.), La route de Myos Hormos, 2003, p. 663 (Myos Hormos / Qusayr al-Qadîm / Qusayr); d'Anville, Aegyptus antiqua, 1765 (Myos-hormos sive Muris Statio al(ii) Aphrodites Portus); d'Anville, Égypte nommé dans le pays Missir, 1765 (Grand Port qui est le Myos-hormos de l'Antiquité); d'Anville, Égypte nommé dans le pays Missir, 1765 (Vieux Coseïr); d'Anville, Égypte nommé dans le pays Missir, 1765 (el Coseïr Port de Girgé de Kené et de Kous); Egyptian series 1:50,000, map NG 36 K3a, 1989 (Al-Quṣayr Mine (old)); Egyptian series 1:50,000, map NG 36 K3a, 1989 (Al-Quṣayr al-Qadīm Mine); Egyptian series 1:50,000, map NG 36 K3a, 1989 (Wādī al-Quṣayr al-Qadīm); Egyptian series 1:50,000, map NG 36 K3b, 1989 (Al-Quṣayr); Eos 48 (1956), 2, p. 94-114 fig. 1 (Myos Hormos); Floyer, Eastern Desert of Egypt, 1887 (Kosseir); Floyer, Eastern Desert of Egypt, 1887 (Sha’b Abu Sha’r (Myos Hormos)); Floyer, Eastern desert or northern Etbai, 1893 (Koseir); Geological survey of Egypt (Cairo), 1979, map NG 36 (Quseir); Jacotin, Carte geographique de l'Égypte, 1818, map 3 (Vieux Qoséïr); Jacotin, Carte geographique de l'Égypte, 1818, map 3 (Qoséïr); JARCE 41 (2004), p. 150 fig. 1 (Quseir); JEA 11 (1925), p. 138 pl. 11 (Myos Hormos); JEA 11 (1925), p. 138 pl. 11 (Leukos Limen (Albus Portus) (Ḳuṣêr)); JEA 38 (1952), p. 95 fig. 1 (Myos Hormos); JEA 38 (1952), p. 97 fig. 2 (Myos Hormos); JEA 39 (1953), p. 95 Vo (Ḳuṣēr el-Ḳadīm); JEA 39 (1953), p. 95 Vo (Leucos Limen (Ḳuṣēr)); JEA 39 (1953), p. 95 Vo inset (Myos Hormos); Jomard, Carte itinéraire, 1820 (Vallée de Qoseyr - Route de Qoseyr [ter]); Journal of the Royal Asiatic Society (1892), p. 812 (Kosair - λευκος λιμην); Journal of the Royal Geographical Society 2 (1832), p. 28 no. 2 (Cosseir); Journal of the Royal Geographical Society 2 (1832), p. 28 no. 2 (Old Cosseir); Journal of the Royal Geographical Society 2 (1832), p. 28 no. 2 (Myos Hormos); LÄ VI, 1986, col. 1101-1102 no. 1 (Kosseir); LÄ VII, 1992, map 3 (Abu Schar (Myos Hormos)); LÄ VII, 1992, map 4 (Quseir); MDAI Kairo 22 (1967), p. 111 fig. 1 (Myos Hormos); MDAI Kairo 22 (1967), p. 186 fig. 21 (Myos Hormos); O. Claud. 1, 1992, p. 8 (Quṣeir); Pococke, A description of the East, 1743, I, p. 1 (Myos Portus); Pococke, A description of the East, 1743, I, p. 1 (Cosir / Berenice); Raimondi, Le désert oriental égyptien, 1923, pl. 1 (plan) (Kosseïr); Raimondi, Le désert oriental égyptien, 1923, pl. 1 (profil) (Kosseïr); Raimondi, Le désert oriental égyptien, 1923, pl. 2 (Kosseïr); Raimondi, Le désert oriental égyptien, 1923, pl. 3 (Kosseïr); Raimondi, Le désert oriental égyptien, 1923, pl. 4 (Kosseïr); Raimondi, Le désert oriental égyptien, 1923, pl. 8 (Kosseir); Raimondi, Le désert oriental égyptien, 1923, pl. 9 ((Myoshormos)); Raimondi, Le désert oriental égyptien, 1923, pl. 9 (Kosseïr (Leucos Limen) (Albus portus)); Raimondi, Le désert oriental égyptien, 1923, pl. 9 inset (Kosseir); Rifaud, Carte du cours du Nil, 1830 (Koseïr); Rifaud, Carte du cours du Nil, 1830 (Vieux Koseïr); Rifaud, Carte du cours du Nil, 1830 inset (Koseïr); Said, The geology of Egypt, 1990, p. 546 (Quseir); Sidebotham / Gates-Foster (ed.), Survey of the desert roads, 2019, p. 4 (Myos Hormos (Quseir al-Qadim)); Sidebotham / Gates-Foster (ed.), Survey of the desert roads, 2019, p. 4 (Quseir); Sidebotham / Gates-Foster (ed.), Survey of the desert roads, 2019, p. vi (Kosseir); Sidebotham / Gates-Foster (ed.), Survey of the desert roads, 2019, p. vi (Old Kosseir?); Sidebotham / Wendrich (ed.), Berenike 1995, 1996, fig. 1-1 (Quseir al-Qadim / Myos Hormos?); Speidel, Roman army studies I, 1984, p. 325 (Myos Hormos); Tabula Imperii Romani. Coptos, 1958 (Leucos Limen / Quṣeir); Tabula Imperii Romani. Coptos, 1958 (Quṣeir el-Qadīm); Tabula Imperii Romani. Coptos, 1958 (Myos Hormos / Abu Sha'ar); U.S. Army Map Service, map NG 36-3 (6th ed.), 1959 (Abu Sha‛r (Myos Hormos) (ruined fort)); U.S. Army Map Service, map NG 36-7 (6th ed.), 1959 (Quseir); U.S. Army Map Service, map NG 36-7 (6th ed.), 1959 (Quseir el-Qadîm); U.S. Army Map Service, map NG 36-7 (6th ed.), 1959 (Quseir Landing Area (abandoned)); ZPE 163 (2007), p. 306 (Myos Hormos)
Note: the identification of Myos Hormos with Abu Sha'ar (2727) is no longer accepted; the identification of Quseir with Leukos Limen (2639) is no longer accepted; (Ptolemaic) Quseir is ca. 8 km south of (mainly Roman) Quseir el-Qadim