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Lower Egypt

TM Geo 2712

Egypt - Lower Egypt (L) - provincia: Aegyptus - same as L Kato chora (TM Geo 4819)? P-ta-mehet (TM Geo 10722)? cf. Egypt (TM Geo 49)

Status: region

Greek name(s): Κάτω Αἴγυπτος
Latin name(s): Aegyptus Inferior
Egyptian name(s): Mḥw (Mḥy - Tȝ-Mḥy - Mḥȝ) - ʿ-mḥty (ʿ-mḥṱ)
Variants: Lower Egypt - Kato Aigyptos - Aegyptus Inferior - Mehou - A-mehti ('Northern region')

Biblio: Sethe, ZÄS 44 (1907), p. 10-13; Griffith, P. Ryl. Dem., 1909, p. 425; Wb 2, 1927, p. 123; Erichsen, Glossar, 1954, p. 174; p. 450; p. 509; Edel, SAK 1 (1974), p. 122; CDD M, 2010, p. 200-202
Map: Baines / Málek, Atlas, 2002(2), p. 15 [a] (Lower Egypt); Gardiner, AEO 2, 1947, p. 132*-133* (Lower Egypt); Rifaud, Carte du cours du Nil, 1830 (Basse Egypte)
Note: new reading in Stadler, P. Pa-Month, col. 2, 9 (Pr-Imnt / '(House of) the West', no toponym)

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82 texts found or written in Lower Egypt
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TM id	Publication	Status	Material	Language	Date	Provenance

113405	Jansen-Winkeln, Inschriften der Spätzeit 2 p. 430-431 no. 45.72	[found & written]	stone	Hieroglyphic	BC10 - BC08	Egypt, L - Lower Egypt [found & written]
113408	Jansen-Winkeln, Inschriften der Spätzeit 2 p. 202 no. 22.33	[found & written]	stone	Hieratic	BC09	Egypt, L - Lower Egypt [found & written]
113359	Jansen-Winkeln, Inschriften der Spätzeit 2 p. 389 no. 44.16	[found & written]	stone	Hieroglyphic	BC08	Egypt, L - Lower Egypt [found & written]
90566	Jansen-Winkeln, Inschriften der Spätzeit 4.2 60.95	[found & written]	stone (granodiorite)	Hieroglyphic	BC07 - BC06	Egypt, L - Lower Egypt (?) [found & written]
110304	Steindorff, Catalogue Egyptian sculpture Walters Art Gallery 260	[found & written]	stone (limestone)	Hieroglyphic	BC07 - BC06	Egypt, L - Lower Egypt [found & written]
110289	Jansen-Winkeln, Inschriften der Spätzeit 4.2 60.101 + Göttinger Miszellen (GM) 260 (2020), p. 145-156	[found & written]	stone (granite)	Hieroglyphic	BC06	Egypt, L - Lower Egypt (?) [found & written]
109997	Wild, Les antiquités égyptiennes de la collection du dr. Widmer p. 25-26 & pl. 4	[found & written]	stone (limestone)	Hieroglyphic	BC06	Egypt, L - Lower Egypt (?) [found & written]
6667	SB 1 2059	[written]	metal (bronze)	Greek	BC05	Egypt, L - Lower Egypt [written] Egypt, L - Delta [found]
98646	SEG 16 242	[written]	metal (bronze)	Greek	BC05	Egypt, L - Lower Egypt (?) [written] Greece, Isthmos - Korinthos (?) [found]
89435	Textbook of Aramaic documents 1 A 6.10	[destination]	parchment (leather)	Aramaic	BC05	Iran, Elam - Sousa (?) [written] Egypt, L - Lower Egypt [destination] Egypt, L01 - Memphis (?) [found]
90634	Rogge, Statuen der Spätzeit (CAA Wien 9) p. 117-124	[found & written]	stone (limestone)	Hieroglyphic	BC04	Egypt, L - Lower Egypt [found & written]
90721	Buhl, Stone sarcophagi p. 78 no. E, b 13	[found & written]	stone (limestone)	Hieroglyphic	BC04 - BC02	Egypt, L - Lower Egypt [found & written]
92362	Hommages Sauneron I (BdE 81) p. 325-327	[found & written]	stone (limestone)	Hieroglyphic	BC04	Egypt, L - Lower Egypt [found & written]
6321	SB 5 8306	[found & written]	stone	Greek	BC04 - BC03	Egypt, L - Lower Egypt, between L09 Bousiris and L01 Memphis [found & written]
90755	Buhl, Stone sarcophagi p. 118-120 no. G, a 1	[found & written]	stone (limestone)	Hieroglyphic	BC04 - BC01	Egypt, L - Lower Egypt [found & written]
90702	Buhl, Stone sarcophagi p. 52 no. E, a 15	[found & written]	stone (basalt)	Hieroglyphic	BC04 - BC01	Egypt, L - Lower Egypt [found & written]
99129	SB 5 7810	[found & written]	pottery	Greek	BC04 - AD07	Egypt, L - Lower Egypt [found & written]
99131	SB 5 7811	[found & written]	pottery	Greek	BC04 - AD07	Egypt, L - Lower Egypt [found & written]
102715	SB 5 8835	[found & written]	stone	Greek	BC04 - AD08	Egypt, L - Lower Egypt [found & written]
102716	SB 5 8836	[found & written]	stone	Greek	BC04 - AD08	Egypt, L - Lower Egypt [found & written]
105514	SEG 43 1109 (10)	[written]	pottery	Greek	BC04 - AD08	Egypt, L - Lower Egypt [written] Egypt, L07? - Schedia (El-Giza) [found]
105521	SEG 43 1109 (12)	[written]	pottery	Greek	BC04 - AD08	Egypt, L - Lower Egypt [written] Egypt, L00 - Alexandria (?) [found]
105515	SEG 43 1109 (13)	[written]	pottery	Greek	BC04 - AD08	Egypt, L - Lower Egypt [written] Egypt, L00 - Alexandria, Hadra [found]
105516	SEG 43 1109 (14)	[written]	pottery	Greek	BC04 - AD08	Egypt, L - Lower Egypt [written] Egypt, L00 - Alexandria, Hadra [found]
105517	SEG 43 1109 (15)	[written]	pottery	Greek	BC04 - AD08	Egypt, L - Lower Egypt [written] Egypt, L00 - Alexandria, Hadra [found]
105518	SEG 43 1109 (16)	[written]	pottery	Greek	BC04 - AD08	Egypt, L - Lower Egypt [written] Egypt, L00 - Alexandria, Hadra [found]
105519	SEG 43 1109 (4)	[written]	pottery	Greek	BC04 - AD08	Egypt, L - Lower Egypt [written] Egypt, L00 - Alexandria (?) [found]
105509	SEG 43 1109 (5)	[written]	pottery	Greek	BC04 - AD08	Egypt, L - Lower Egypt [written] Egypt, L07? - Schedia (El-Giza) [found]
105510	SEG 43 1109 (6)	[written]	pottery	Greek	BC04 - AD08	Egypt, L - Lower Egypt [written] Egypt, L07? - Schedia (El-Giza) [found]
105511	SEG 43 1109 (7)	[written]	pottery	Greek	BC04 - AD08	Egypt, L - Lower Egypt [written] Egypt, L07? - Schedia (El-Giza) [found]
105512	SEG 43 1109 (8)	[written]	pottery	Greek	BC04 - AD08	Egypt, L - Lower Egypt [written] Egypt, L07? - Schedia (El-Giza) [found]
105513	SEG 43 1109 (9)	[written]	pottery	Greek	BC04 - AD08	Egypt, L - Lower Egypt [written] Egypt, L07? - Schedia (El-Giza) [found]
89792	Urkunden des Aegyptischen Altertums 2 p. 159-162 no. 34	[found & written]	stone (limestone)	Hieroglyphic	BC04 - BC01	Egypt, L - Lower Egypt [found & written]
56580	van Haarlem, Allard Pierson Museum Amsterdam. Stelae and reliefs (CAA Amsterdam 3) 9274	[found & written]	stone (limestone)	Demotic	BC04 - BC01	Egypt, L - Lower Egypt (?) [found & written]
90722	Buhl, Stone sarcophagi p. 78 no. E, b 14	[found & written]	stone (limestone)	Hieroglyphic	BC04	Egypt, L - Lower Egypt [found & written]
90574	Buhl, Stone sarcophagi p. 59 no. E, a 22	[found & written]	stone (basalt)	Hieroglyphic	BC03	Egypt, L - Lower Egypt [found & written]
6507	SB 1 434	[found & written]	stone (limestone)	Greek	BC03 - BC01	Egypt, L - Lower Egypt (?) [found & written]
2293	P. Cairo Zen. 1 59002	[destination]	papyrus	Greek	BC03	Egypt, L00 - Alexandria (?) [written] Egypt, L - Lower Egypt (?) [destination] Egypt, 00a - Philadelpheia (Gharabet el-Gerza) [found]
708	P. Cairo Zen. 1 59048	[destination]	papyrus	Greek	BC03	Egypt, L00 - Alexandria (?) [written] Egypt, L - Lower Egypt (?) [destination] Egypt, 00a - Philadelpheia (Gharabet el-Gerza) [found]
749	P. Cairo Zen. 1 59096	[destination]	papyrus	Greek	BC03	Egypt, 00d - Krokodilopolis (Medinet el-Fayum) (?) [written] Egypt, L - Lower Egypt (?) [destination] Egypt, 00a - Philadelpheia (Gharabet el-Gerza) [found]
751	P. Cairo Zen. 1 59099	[destination]	papyrus	Greek	BC03	Egypt, 00 - Arsinoites (Fayum) (?) [written] Egypt, L - Lower Egypt (?) [destination] Egypt, 00a - Philadelpheia (Gharabet el-Gerza) [found]
752	P. Cairo Zen. 1 59100	[destination]	papyrus	Greek	BC03	Egypt, 00 - Arsinoites (Fayum) (?) [written] Egypt, L - Lower Egypt (?) [destination] Egypt, 00a - Philadelpheia (Gharabet el-Gerza) [found]
753	P. Cairo Zen. 1 59101	[destination]	papyrus	Greek	BC03	Egypt, 00 - Arsinoites (Fayum) (?) [written] Egypt, L - Lower Egypt (?) [destination] Egypt, 00a - Philadelpheia (Gharabet el-Gerza) [found]
760	P. Cairo Zen. 1 59110	[destination]	papyrus	Greek	BC03	Egypt, L00 - Alexandria (?) [written] Egypt, L - Lower Egypt (?) [destination] Egypt, 00a - Philadelpheia (Gharabet el-Gerza) [found]
1856	P. L. Bat. 20 25	[written]	papyrus	Greek	BC03	Egypt, L - Lower Egypt (?) [written] Egypt, L00 - Alexandria [destination] Egypt, 00a - Philadelpheia (Gharabet el-Gerza) [found]
1108	P. Cairo Zen. 3 59470	[written]	papyrus	Greek	BC03	Egypt, L - Lower Egypt (?) [written] Egypt, 00a - Philadelpheia (Gharabet el-Gerza) [found]
90749	Göttinger Miszellen (GM) 260 (2020), p. 13-14	[found & written]	stone (limestone)	Hieroglyphic	BC03 - BC02	Egypt, L - Lower Egypt [found & written]
2843	P. Köln Ägypt. 1 6	[written]	papyrus	Demotic	BC03	Egypt, L - Lower Egypt [written] Egypt [found]
90707	Buhl, Stone sarcophagi p. 65 no. E, a 26	[found & written]	stone (limestone)	Hieroglyphic	BC03 - BC02	Egypt, L - Lower Egypt [found & written]
88988	Basile / Di Natale, Il Museo del Papiro di Siracusa p. 88 no. 72 descr. + Basile / Di Natale, Il Museo del Papiro di Siracusa p. 101 no. 85 descr.	[written]	papyrus	Demotic	BC03	Egypt, L - Lower Egypt (?) [written] Egypt [found]
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