Hermonthis (Armant)

TM Geo 812

Egypt - 4th Upper Egyptian nome, Pathyrites (Gebelein) (U04a)The region ca. 250 BC - provincia: AegyptusThe provincia ca. 200 AD - in the U Thebais (admin.) - located on the western Nile bank - cf. also U04a Hermonthites (TM Geo 2981), U04a Per-Montou-neb-Iounou (TM Geo 11363)
25.550269,32.508054 (Lat,Long)

Gods in this toponym: Montou (TM God 51)

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

Status: city: polis; metropolis; nout

Greek name(s): Ἑρμωνθις (Ἑρμονθις) - Ἐρεσβυθος
Latin name(s): Hermunthus - Hermuntis
Egyptian name(s): Ỉwny (Ỉwn) - Ỉwnw-Šmʿ - Ỉwnw-Mnṯw (Ỉwn-Mnṱ) - Pr-Mnṯw (Pr-Mnṱ)
Coptic name(s): ⲉⲣⲙⲟⲛⲧ - ⲣⲙⲟⲛⲧ
Ethnic(s): Hermonthites
Modern name(s): Armant
Variants: Hermonthis (Eresbythos) - Iounou-Shema ('Southern Heliopolis' / 'Heliopolis of Upper Egypt') - Iounou-Montou ('Heliopolis (of) (the god) Montou') - Per-Mountou ('House / temple of Montou') - Armant (Erment) - sites including Bucheum

Repertoria: Dizionario II, p. 156; p. 175-177; p. 177 (1-2); Suppl. 1, p. 86; p. 114 (bis); Suppl. 2, p. 55; p. 55-56 (1-2); Suppl. 3, p. 38; p. 38 (2); Suppl. 4, p. 59; p. 59 (2); Suppl. 5, p. 33; p. 33 (1); Gauthier, Dictionnaire I, 1925, p. 53; p. 54-55; p. 56; II, 1925, p. 86; Timm, p. 152-182
Biblio: Wb 1, 1926, p. 54; Erichsen, Lesestücke II.2, 1940, p. 200; Gardiner, AEO 2, 1947, p. 22*-24* no. 332-333; p. 30*; Otto, Topographie des thebanischen Gaues, 1952, p. 86-92; Erichsen, Glossar, 1954, p. 24; p. 509; Eggebrecht, LÄ I, 1975, col. 435-441; Helck, LÄ II, 1977, col. 387; Vandorpe, Geografische elementen, 1988, p. 18-19; p. 203; Vandorpe / Waebens, Pathyris' archives, 2009, p. 38; CDD P, 2010, p. 93; CDD I, 2011, p. 69-71; p. 71-72; Krueger, O. Lips. Copt. 2.1, 2020, p. 55
Map: Baines / Málek, Atlas, 2002(2), p. 108-109 (Armant); Baines / Málek, Atlas, 2002(2), p. 71 (Armant / Hermonthis / Iuny); Barrington Atlas, 2000, pl. 80 B2 (Hermonthis); Belzoni, Narrative of the operations in Egypt and Nubia, 1820, pl. 38 (Hirments); Cuvigny (ed.), La route de Myos Hormos, 2003, p. 663 (Hermonthis); Jomard, Carte itinéraire, 1820 (Hermonthis); Raimondi, Le désert oriental égyptien, 1923, pl. 8 (Erment); Rifaud, Carte du cours du Nil, 1830 (Erment); Schott, Kanais (NAWGöttingen), 1961, pl. 20 (Arment); Tabula Imperii Romani. Coptos, 1958 (Hermonthis / Armant)
Note: see also the attestations for U04a Bucheum (11443); the name Iounou-Shema has been used both for U04b Dios Polis (576) and U04a Hermonthis (812); obsolete reading: Ws.t-šmʿ; new reading in BGU 19 2826, 6 (Ἑρμωνθι[τῶν π]ό̣λ̣[εως] > unidentified toponym; cf. AfP 52 (2006), p. 276)