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Neilopolis (Tell el-Rusas)

TM Geo 1433

Egypt - Arsinoites (Fayum), meris of Herakleides (00a) - provincia: Aegyptus - in I. Pan du désert 29, 3-5 and (probably also) SB 12 11076, 44 ascribed to the U15 Hermopolites (admin.) - located at the northeast shore of 00 Moiris (Birket Qarun) (TM Geo 1384), between 00a Soknopaiou Nesos (Dimeh) (TM Geo 2157) and 00a Karanis (Kom Aushim) (TM Geo 1008)); near 00a Psenhyris (TM Geo 1957) - cf. Nile (TM Geo 3943)
29.53079,30.82813 (Lat,Long)


Gods in this toponym: Hapi (TM God 23), Neilos (TM God 125)


Links: Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire, Pleiades, ToposText


Status: village: polis; kome; epoikion


Greek name(s): Νείλου πόλις
Egyptian name(s): Pr-Ḥʿpy
Ethnic(s): Neilopolites
Modern name(s): Tell el-Rusas
Variants: Neilopolis (Neilou Polis) - Nilos (Nilou - Neilou) Epoikion - Neilou Kome - Per-Hapi ('House (of) Hapi') - Tell el-Rusas (Qarat Rusas)


Repertoria: Dizionario III, p. 326 (3); p. 327-329 (3-4); Suppl. 1, p. 204 (3-4); Suppl. 2, p. 131 (3); Suppl. 3, p. 80 (3); Suppl. 4, p. 91 (3); Suppl. 5, p. 66 (3); P. Tebt. 2, 1907, p. 391; Drew-Bear, Hermopolite, 1979, p. 180; p. 183
Biblio: Rübsam, Götter und Kulte in Faijum, 1974, p. 126-129; Bresciani, P. Oxf. Griffith 1, 1975, p. 110; Bonneau, Pap. Congr. XV (Bruxelles 1977), 1979, p. 258-273; Schwartz, CRIPEL 10 (1988), p. 141-148; Vandorpe, Geografische elementen, 1988, p. 77; P. Louvre 1, 1998, p. 30 n. on l. 3 & p. 32 n. on l. 13; CDD P, 2010, p. 104-105
Map: Baines / Málek, Atlas, 2002(2), p. 121 (Tell el-Rusas); Barrington Atlas, 2000, pl. 75 D1 (Neiloupolis)


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TM GeoRef Publication AttestationMaterial Language Date Provenance
223532P. Petrie Cahier 144, 9[Νεί]λ̣ου πό(λεως)papyrus Greek BC03 Egypt, 00 - Arsinoites (Fayum) [written]
Egypt, 00a? - Gurob [found]
223548P. Petrie Cahier 144, 29Ν̣είλο[υ πό(λεως)]papyrus Greek BC03 Egypt, 00 - Arsinoites (Fayum) [written]
Egypt, 00a? - Gurob [found]
242540Chronique d‘Égypte (CdE) 95 (2020), p. 87-92, 10[Νεί]λου πόλεωςpapyrus Greek BC03 - BC02 Egypt, 00 - Arsinoites (Fayum) [found & written]
2751BGU 6 1282, 7περὶ Νείλου (corrected from Νείνου) πόλινpapyrus Greek BC02 - BC01 Egypt, 00 - Arsinoites (Fayum) [found & written]
3623P. Tebt. 3 848, 1ἐν Νείλου̣ π̣ό̣(λει)papyrus Greek BC02 Egypt, 00a - Herakleidou Meris [written]
Egypt, 00c - Tebtynis (Umm el-Baragat) [found]
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