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Bousiris (Abusir)

TM Geo 469

Egypt - 9th Lower Egyptian nome, Bousirites (Abusir) (L09) - provincia: Aegyptus - same as L Curis (TM Geo 10951)? L? Pai=i-nw (TM Geo 13398)?; cf. also L09 Bousirites (TM Geo 3115), L Bousirikos Potamos (TM Geo 3880)
30.913368,31.2387955 (Lat,Long)

Gods in this toponym: Osiris (TM God 65 )

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

Status: city: polis; metropolis; demi

Greek name(s): Βουσιρις
Latin name(s): Busiris
Egyptian name(s): Pr-Wsỉr - Ḏd.t (Ḏdw - Ḏtw - Twtw) - Pȝ-pr-Wsỉr-nb-Ttw
Coptic name(s): ⲃⲟⲩⲥⲓⲣⲓ - ⲡⲟⲩⲥⲓⲣⲓ
Ethnic(s): Bousirites
Modern name(s): Abusir
Variants: Bousiris ('House (of) Osiris') - Djedet - Abusir (Abu Sir) Bana

Repertoria: Dizionario II, p. 66 (2); p. 67-68; Suppl. 1, p. 85 (2); p. 86 (1); Suppl. 3, p. 27 (1); Suppl. 4, p. 48 (2); p. 48 (1 & 3); Suppl. 5, p. 25 (1); Gauthier, Dictionnaire II, 1925, p. 70-71; VI, 1929, p. 135-136; Timm, p. 459-463
Biblio: Wb 1, 1926, p. 414; Wb 5, 1931, p. 630; Gardiner, AEO 2, 1947, p. 176*-180* no. 412; von Beckerath, LÄ I, 1975, col. 883-884; P. BM Smith, 1987, p. 98-99; Vandorpe, Geografische elementen, 1988, p. 67 no. 1; Hoffmann, Panzer des Inaros, 1996, p. 198 n. 1008; p. 437; CDD Ḏ, 2001, p. 90-91; CDD P, 2010, p. 83; CDD T, 2012, p. 136
Map: Baines / Málek, Atlas, 2002(2), p. 166-167 (Abusir / Busiris); Barrington Atlas, 2000, pl. 74 E3 (Bousiris)

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TM GeoRef	Publication	Attestation	Material	Language	Date	Provenance

41716	Jansen-Winkeln, Inschriften der Spätzeit 4.1 54.73, 3	Ḏdw	stone (limestone)	Hieroglyphic	BC06	Egypt, L09 - Bousiris (Abusir) [found & written]
31973	Short Texts 1 261, 2	Ḏd	stone (limestone)	Demotic	BC05 - BC04	Egypt [found & written]
37232	Short Texts 3 1926, 1	Ḏdw	stone (limestone)	Demotic	BC04	Egypt, L01 - Troe (Tura) [find place, place of writing & preservation]
110296	P. Lille Dem. 1 22, 8 [a]	Dd	papyrus	Demotic	BC04	Egypt, U20 - Herakleopolis (Ihnasya el-Medina) [written] Egypt, 00c - Ghoran [found]
27298	P. Cairo 2 31168 Ro + P. Cairo 2 31169, (31168) col. 3, 24	Ḏd	papyrus	Demotic	BC04 - BC03	Egypt, L01 - Memphis, Saqqara [found & written]
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Bousiris (Abusir)

92 reference(s) to Bousiris in documentary sources→ see the 37 reference(s) in ancient authors instead→ see the 11 attestations as provenance instead

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92 reference(s) to Bousiris in documentary sources
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