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| TM Geo | Standard name | Greek | Latin | Egyptian | Coptic | Variants | #The total number of attestations as place name or provenance. |
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| 2058 | Italy, Latium - Rome | Ῥώμη | Roma | Hrmȝ (Hrme) | Roma (Rome) | 127560 | |
| 49 | Egypt | Αἴγυπτος - Ἀερία - Ἀετία - Ἀρανκηλίς - Μύσρα - Ποταμῖτις - Ὠγυγία - Ἑρμοχύμιος - Ἡφαιστία - Χημία | Aegyptus | Kmy (Qmy - Km.t) - Tȝ.wy - Bȝqy (Bȝq.t - Bqy - Bky) | ⲕⲏⲙⲉ | Egypt - Aigyptos (Aegyptus) - Aeria - Aetia - Arankelis - Araukilis - Araurakelis - Mysra (Misr) - Potamitis - Ogygia - Hermochymios - Hephaistia - Chemia - Kemi - Tawi ('(The) two lands') - Baki (Beki) ('(The) bright one') | 37719 |
| 1341 | Egypt, U04b - Memnoneia - Djeme (Thebes west) | τὰ Μεμνόνεια | Menonia (sic) | Ḏmȝ (Tḏmȝʿ - Ḏmʿ - Ḏmȝ.t - Pr-Ḏmȝ - Pȝ-Ḏmȝ) | ϫⲏⲙⲉ - ϭⲏⲙⲓ | ta Memnoneia (Memnonea - Memnonia) - Djeme (Djema - Zemi) - Gebel Shama - Thebes west - sites including Qamula; El-Tarif (Gebel Tarif); (New) Gurna (Qurna); Dra' Abu el-Naga (with Deir el-Bakhit (el-Bachit)); Asasif (Assasif); Deir el-Bahari (el-Bahri) (with the Monastery of Apa Phoibammon / Apa Phoibammonos Topos and Bab el-Gasus); El-Khokha; Sheikh Abd el-Gurna (with the Monastery of Epiphanios and the Monastery of Kyriakos (TT 65)); Ramesseum; Deir el-Medina; Qurnet Mura'i (Qurnat Mar'y) (with the Monastery of Saint Marcus / Abba Markou Topos / Topos of Saint Marcus); Colossi of Memnon; Medinet Habu; Qasr el-Aguz; Malkata (El-Malqata); El-Kom; Deir el-Shelwit (Deir Chelouit); El-Bai'rat; Nag' el-Tud; Valley of the Kings / Syringes (Wadi / Biban el-Muluk); Valley of the Queens (Biban el-Harim) (with Deir el-Rumi); Wadi of Prince Ahmes; Tomb of Amenemope (TT 29); Tomb of Padihorresnet (TT 196); Tomb of Puyemre; Monastery of Apa Paulus; Monastery of Apa Menas; Tomb of Ahmose (TT 121); Wadi Gabbanat el-Gurud (el-Qurud); El-Qurn; Deir el-Saqiyya | 21944 |
| 364 | Greece, Attica - Athenai | Ἀθῆναι | Athenae | ȝthȝnys | Athenai (Athens - Athinai - Athina - Athenae) | 17461 | |
| 1524 | Egypt, U19 - Oxyrynchos (Bahnasa) | Ὀξύρυγχος - Ὀξυρύγχων πόλις - Ὀξυρυγχιτῶν πόλις - Νέα Ἰουστίνου πόλις | Oxyrynchus - Oxurunchus - Oxirinchus | Pr-Mḏd (Pr-Mḏ) | ⲡⲉⲙϫⲉ - ⲡⲙϫⲏ | Oxyrynchos (Oxyrhynchos - Oxyryncha - Oxyrhynchus) - Oxyrynchopolis (Oxyrynchon Polis - 'City of (the) oxyrynchoi fish') - he Oxyrynchiton Polis - Iustinopolis (Nea Ioustinou Polis) - Per-Medjed (Pemze) - Bahnasa (El-Behnesa) - sites including Kom Abu Teir; Kom Ali el-Gamman | 15363 |
| 2788 | Italy, Campania - Pompeii | Pompeii - Pompei | Pompeii (Pompei) - Colonia Veneria Cornelia Pompeianorum | 15174 | |||
| 332 | Egypt, 00 - Arsinoites (Fayum) | Ἀρσινοίτης - Σουχου νόμος | Arsinoites - Crocodilopolites | pȝ tš n ȝrsynȝ | Arsinoites - Krokodilopolites - Souchou Nomos ('nomos of (the god) Souchos / Sobek') - Fayum | 14808 | |
| 693 | France | Γαλλία | Gallia | Gallia - Gallia Comata - Gaul - France | 14307 | ||
| 373 | Greece - Attica | Ἀττική | Attica | Attike (Attica - Attika) | 13341 | ||
| 484 | Tunisia, Africa - Carthago | Καρχηδών | Carthago - Chartago - Poeni | Karchedon - Carthago (Cartago - Carthage - Karthago - Carthago Magna - Carthago Iustiniana) - Colonia Concordia Iulia Carthago (Colonia Iulia Aurelia Antoniniana Carthago - Colonia Iulia Concordia Gallieniana Carthago) - Qartaj (Qartāj) - Poeni (Puni) - sites including Sainte-Monique - Îlot de l' Amirauté | 9006 | ||
| 2355 | Egypt, U04b - Thebes | Thebes | 7399 | ||||
| 2988 | Italy, Latium - Ostia | Ὤστια - Ὠστία | Ostia - Hostis | Ostia (Ostia antica) | 7296 | ||
| 576 | Egypt, U04b - Dios Polis (Thebes east) | Διὸς πόλις Μεγάλη - Θῆβαι - Νο | Thebae - No - Diospolis | Nw.t (Nw.t-rsy.t - Nw.t-n-Ỉmn) - Pȝ-dmỉ-Ỉmn - Ỉwnw-Šmʿ | ⲛⲏ - ⲛⲉ | Dios Polis (Diospolis) (he) Megale (Magna) - Thebai - Nout (No) ('(The) city (of Amon)') - Iounou-Shema ('Southern Heliopolis' / 'Heliopolis of Upper Egypt') - Thebes east - sites including Luxor (El-Uqsur); Karnak | 7068 |
| 100 | Egypt, L00 - Alexandria | Ἀλεξάνδρεια | Alexandria - Alexandrea | Rʿ-qd (Rʿ-qt) - Pȝ-ʿ.wy-n-ȝlgsȝntrs - Pȝ-sbt-n-Ỉrgsndrs | ⲣⲁⲕⲟⲧⲉ - ⲣⲁⲕⲟϯ | Alexandreia (Alexandria - Alexandrea - El-Iskandariya - 'The place of Alexander') - Rakotis ('Building yard'? 'Fin des habitations'?) - Leontopolis - sites including Shatby (Skiatbi, Chatby); Meks (El-Mex); El-Gabbari; Hadra (Hatra, Khadra); Kom el-Shugafa; Karmuz (Karmus); Serapeum (Sarapieion); Kaisareion; Mustafa Pasha; Ramleh; El-Ibrahimiya; Kom el-Dikka; Abu el-Hachem; El-Dukheileh (Dekhelah); Rushdi; Marghram; cape Lochias (Fort Silsileh); Minet el-Bassal; Mafrusa; Antirrodos; fort Qaitbay; Smuha | 6952 |
| 52244 | Jordan | Jordan | 6776 | ||||
| 10846 | Iraq, Mesopotamia - Ninive (Nineveh) | Νινευή | Ninive | Nȝnywȝ (Nnywȝ) | Ninive (Niniveh - Nineveh) - Ninos - Kuyunjik (Kouyunjik - Kuyuncuk) - Nebi Yunus (Tell Nabī Yūnus) | 5914 | |
| 816 | Egypt, U15 - Hermopolis (El-Ashmunein) | Ἑρμοῦ πόλις Μεγάλη - Ἑρμοπολιτῶν πόλις - Ζμουν | Hermupolis Magna - Mercuri | Ḫmnw | ϣⲙⲟⲩⲛ | Hermopolis (Hermou Polis / Hermoupolis / Hermupolis) Megale / Ano (Magna / Superior) - he Hermopoliton Polis - Chemenou (Zmoun - Shmoun) ('Eight-town') - El-Ashmunein - sites including Tuna el-Gebel; Kom Kusum (Kom Kassum); the Monastery of Epiphanios | 5712 |
| 3285 | Germany, Gallia - Mogontiacum (Mainz) | Mogontiacum | Mogontiacum (Moguntiacum) - Mainz (Mayence) | 5269 | |||
| 1344 | Egypt, L01 - Memphis | Μεμφις | Memfis - Memphis - Menfris | Mn-nfr - Ỉnb-ḥḏ (Ỉnb-ḥt) - Ḥw.t-kȝ-Ptḥ - Mḫȝ.t-tȝ.wy - Ms-ṱḥny | ⲙⲛⲫⲉ - ⲉⲕⲉⲡϯⲁ | Memphis - Hout-ka-Ptah ('Temple (of) (the) ka of Ptah') - Ineb-hedj ('White wall / enclosure') - Mechat-tawi ('Scales (of) (the) two lands') - Mes-teheni ('Faience-maker') - Noph - sites including Saqqara (Sakkara); Saqqara, Serapeum; Saqqara, Anoubieion; Saqqara, Monastery of Apa Jeremias (Ras el-Gisr?); Mit Rahina (Mit Riheina); Mit Rahina, Kom el-Qala’a; Mit Rahina, Kom Aziziyeh; El-Badrashein; Abusir (Abu Sir); El-Hawamdiya; Muna el-Anir; Umm Khunan; Mit Qadus; Shabramant; Abu el-Numrus | 5218 |
| 24331 | France, Gallia - Bagacum (Bavay) | Bagacum | Bagacum (Bagacum Nerviorum) - Bavay | 5186 | |||
| 2287 | Egypt, 00c - Tebtynis (Umm el-Baragat) | Τεβτυνις - Τεπτυνις | Tp-Tn (Tȝ-Tn - Tn - Tȝ-bnt - Tbȝ-Tn - Tȝ-btn - Dbȝ-Tn - Tȝ-nb-Tp-Tn - Tȝ-nb.t-tȝ-Tn) | ⲧⲟⲩⲧⲱⲛ - ⲧⲟⲧⲟⲩⲛ | Tebtynis (Tebtunis - Teptynis) - Touton - Tutun - Umm el-Baragat (Tell Umm el-Breigat) | 5127 | |
| 50236 | Provenance unknown | Provenance unknown | 5118 | ||||
| 3327 | Italy, Venetia - Aquileia | Aquileia | Aquileia | 5000 | |||
| 2057 | Greece, Sporades - Rhodos | Ῥόδος | Rhodos | Rhodos (Rodos - Rhodes) - Rhodian Peraia | 4456 | ||
| 1008 | Egypt, 00a - Karanis (Kom Aushim) | Καρανίς | Caranis | Karanis (Keranis) - Kom Aushim | 4405 | ||
| 7043 | Croatia, Illyricum - Salona (Solin) | Σάλων - Σαλῶναι | Salona | Salona (Salonae - Salonai) - Colonia Martia Iulia Valeria Salona Felix - Solin | 4397 | ||
| 1760 | Egypt, 00a - Philadelpheia (Gharabet el-Gerza) | Φιλαδέλφεια | Philadelphia | Pȝ-ʿ.wy-n-tȝ-mr.t-sn - Nȝ-nh.w | Philadelpheia (Philadelphia - Philadelphou Kome - Philadelphos) - P-awi-n-t-meret-sen ('The place of the one who loves her brother') - N-nehou ('(The place of) the sycamore trees') (Tnouhe) - Gharabet el-Gerza (Darb Gerze - Darb el-Guerza) - sites including Kom el-Kharba el-Kebir (Kom el-Kharaba el-Kebir); Rubbayat (sc. the Ptolemaic necropolis) | 4363 | |
| 16840 | Jordan, Arabia - Mafraq | Mafraq (Al-Mafraq) - capital of the Al-Mafraq province | 4062 | ||||
| 648 | Turkey, Ionia - Ephesos | Ἔφεσος | Ephesus - Efesus | Ephesos (Ephesus - Efesus) - Arsinoe (Arsinoeia) | 4021 | ||
| 14359 | Italy, Etruria - Clusium (Chiusi) | Clusium - Camars | Clusium - Camars - Chiusi | 3976 | |||
| 11804 | Italy, Etruria - Arretium (Arezzo) | Arretium - Adretium | Arretium (Adretium - Colonia Iulia Arretinorum) - Arezzo | 3785 | |||
| 327 | Egypt, 00d - Krokodilopolis (Medinet el-Fayum) | Κροκοδίλων πόλις - Πτολεμαὶς Εὐεργέτις - Ἀρσινοιτῶν πόλις - Ἀρσινόη | Arsinoe - Crialon | Šdt (Šty) - ȝrsynȝ | ⲡⲉⲓⲟⲙ - ⲡⲟⲗⲓⲥ | Krokodilopolis (Krokodilon Polis) - Ptolemais Euergetis - Shedet (Chédet) - Arsinoiton Polis - Arsinoe - Crialon - Medinet el-Fayum - sites including Kiman Fares (Kom Faris); Tell Azab (Deir el-'Azab - the monastery of Anba Abraam); Kom el-Addame; El-Gebeli | 3725 |
| 52425 | Syria, Arabia - Al-Isawi | Al-Isawi | 3702 | ||||
| 621 | Egypt, U01 - Elephantine (Geziret Assuan) | Ἐλεφαντίνη - Ἰηβ | Elephantine - Elephantis | Yb (Ybȝ - ȝbw - Ỉȝbw - Ỉb) | ⲓⲏⲃ | Elephantine (Elephantis) - Ieb - Geziret Assuan | 3693 |
| 2157 | Egypt, 00a - Soknopaiou Nesos (Dimeh) | Σοκνοπαιου Νῆσος | Tȝ-mȝy.t-n-Sbk-nb-Pay (Tȝ-mȝy.t) | Soknopaiou Nesos ('The island of Soknopaios / Souchos lord of Pai') - Dimeh (Dimai - Dima) | 3611 | ||
| 3232 | United Kingdom - Britannia | Βρεταννία - Βρεττανία - Ἄλβιων | Britannia - Albion | Britannia (Prettania - Bretannia - Brettania - Brittannia - (Great) Britain) - Albion | 3602 | ||
| 3272 | France, Gallia - Lugdunum (Lyon) | Λουγούδουνον | Lugdunum | Lugdunum (Lugudunum) - Colonia Copia Claudia Augusta Lugdunum - Lyon | 3506 | ||
| 390 | Iraq, Mesopotamia - Babylon | Βαβυλών | Babylonia - Babilonia | Bbl (Pr-Bl) | Babylon - Babel - Tell Amran - Hilla (Al-Hillah) | 3416 | |
| 543 | Greece, Phocis - Delphoi | Δελφοί | Delphi | Delphoi (Delphi - Delphes) - Pytho | 3192 | ||
| 542 | Greece, Cyclades - Delos | Δῆλος | Delus | Delos (Dhilos - Delus) - Ortygia | 3160 | ||
| 3371 | Spain, Hispania - Tarraco (Tarragona) | Tarraco - Terraco | Tarraco (Terraco) - Colonia Iulia Urbs Triumphalis Tarraconensium - Tarragona | 3015 | |||
| 2349 | Egypt, 00b - Theadelpheia (Batn el-Harit) | Θεαδέλφεια | Pȝ-ʿ.wy-n-sn.t | Theadelpheia (Theadelphia) - P-awi-n-senet ('The place of (the) (divine) sister') - Batn el-Harit (Kharabet Ihrit) | 2998 | ||
| 3353 | Syria, Palmyra | Πάλμυρα | Palmyra | Palmyra - (region:) Palmyrene - Thadamora - Hadrianopolis - Tadmer (Tadmor - Tadmur) | 2974 | ||
| 3189 | Italy, Campania - Puteoli (Pozzuoli) | Ποτίολοι - Δικαιάρχεια | Puteoli | Puteoli - Colonia Neronensis Claudia Augusta Puteoli - Colonia Flavia Augusta Puteolana - Dikaiarcheia - Pozzuoli | 2884 | ||
| 2720 | Egypt, U15 - Hermopolites | Ἑρμοπολίτης | Hermopolites | pȝ tš n Ḫmnw | ⲡⲧⲟϣ ϣⲙⲟⲩⲛ | Hermopolites - Ano ('Upper') Hermopolites - Pagarchia of Hermou Polis | 2869 |
| 5400 | Italy, Latium - Quirina | Κυρίνα | Quirina - Quireina | Quirina (Quireina - Kyrina - Cyrina) | 2809 | ||
| 3258 | Germany, Gallia - Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium (Köln) | Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium | Colonia Claudia Ara Agrippinensium (Colonia Agrippinensis - Colonia Agrippina - Colonia Augusta Agrippinensium Antoniniana) - Ara Ubiorum - Köln (Cologne) | 2757 | |||
| 1688 | Turkey, Mysia - Pergamon (Bergama) | Πέργαμον | Pergamum | Pergamon (Pergamum) - (region:) Pergameia - Bergama - sites including Asklepieion | 2603 | ||
| 932 | Italy | Ἰταλία - Αὐσωνίων Χώρη | Italia | Italia (Italy) - Ausonion Chore - Ausonia | 2594 | ||
| 11298 | United Kingdom, Britannia - Londinium (London) | Λονδίνιον | Londinium - Landini - Augusta | Londinium (Londinion - Lundinium - Landini) - Augusta - London - sites including Old Ford; the Strand | 2575 |
