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Ptolemais Hermeiou (El-Mansha)

TM Geo 2023

Egypt - 8th Upper Egyptian nome, Thinites (Abydos, Girga) (U08) - provincia: Aegyptus - in the U Thebais (admin.) - located on the western Nile bank
26.476779,31.802059 (Lat,Long)


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


Status: city: polis, metropolis, civitas; district: tesh


Greek name(s): Πτολεμαὶς Ἑρμείου
Latin name(s): Ptolemais Hermiu - Ptolomais
Egyptian name(s): Pȝ-sy (Pr-sy) - Ptwlmys
Coptic name(s): ⲡⲥⲟⲓ - ⲯⲟⲓ
Ethnic(s): Ptolemaieus - Ptolemaikos - Ptolemaitikos
Modern name(s): El-Mansha
Variants: Ptolemais Hermeiou - P-si (Psoi - Psois) - El-Mansha - sites including Sidi Musa; Gebel Tukh


Repertoria: Dizionario IV, p. 205 (1); p. 210-211; Suppl. 2, p. 178; Suppl. 3, p. 131-132; Suppl. 4, p. 113 (1); p. 113; Suppl. 5, p. 84; Gauthier, Dictionnaire II, 1925, p. 150
Biblio: Erichsen, Lesestücke II.2, 1940, p. 199; Gardiner, AEO 2, 1947, p. 39*-40* no. 353C; Erichsen, Glossar, 1954, p. 407; Helck, RE, 1959, col. 1868-1869, s.v. Ptolemais 4; I. Pan du désert, 1977, p. 42-43; Pestman, P. Tor. Choach., 1992, p. xxvi; Vandorpe, P. L. Bat. 27, 1995, p. 210; Kruit / Worp, AfP 46 (2000), p. 125-126; PP X, 2002, p. 360; P. Qasr Ibrim, 2005, p. 24-25; Cohen, The Hellenistic settlements, 2006, p. 350-352; Mueller, Settlements of the Ptolemies, 2006, p. 207 no. 64; CDD P, 2010, p. 26; p. 108; p. 175; p. 177-178; CDD S, 2013, p. 45; Kayser in Communautés nouvelles en Egypte hellénistique et romaine, 2017, p. 15-67
Map: Baines / Málek, Atlas, 2002(2), p. 108-109 (el-Mansha / Ptolemais Hermiou); Barrington Atlas, 2000, pl. 77 F4 (Ptolemais Hermiou / Psoi); Brun e.a. (ed.), Le désert oriental d'Égypte [Cuvigny], 2018, § 1 fig. 1 (Ptolemaïs); Brun e.a. (ed.), Le désert oriental d'Égypte [Cuvigny], 2018, § 1 fig. 1 inset (Ptolemaïs); T. BM Arlt, 2011, p. 109 (al-Munšāh / Psoï / Ptolemais Hermiou / Pȝ-sy)
Note: new foundation by Ptolemaios I


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23769Journal of Egyptian Archaeology (JEA) 86 (2000), p. 103 n. 13 [UL 67] descr., descr.Pȝ-systone (limestone) Demotic BC03 - AD04 Egypt, U08 - Ptolemais Hermeiou (El-Mansha) [found & written]
34901P. Äg. Handschr. 332 descr., descr. [b]Pȝ-sy?papyrus Demotic BC03 - BC01 Egypt, U01 - Elephantine (Geziret Assuan) [found & written]
42900I. Memnonion 269, 2Πτολεμαιεύςstone Greek BC03 - BC01 Egypt, U08 - Abydos, Memnonion [find place, place of writing & preservation]
43466I. Syr. 1887, 3 - 4Πτολεμαιεύςstone Greek BC03 - BC01 Egypt, U04b - Memnoneia - Djeme (Thebes west), Valley of the Kings [find place, place of writing & preservation]
43467I. Syr. 1984, 2Πτολεμ[α]ιεύ[ς]?stone Greek BC03 - AD07 Egypt, U04b - Memnoneia - Djeme (Thebes west), Valley of the Kings [find place, place of writing & preservation]
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