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Tanis

TM Geo 2251

Egypt - Arsinoites (Fayum), meris of Herakleides (00a) - provincia: Aegyptus - located near 00a Philadelpheia (Gharabet el-Gerza) (TM Geo 1760) - same as 00a Manashinshana (TM Geo 4833)?
29.3698,31.0427 (Lat,Long)

Links: Digital Atlas of the Roman Empire, Fayum project (map), Fayum project (text), Pleiades

Status: village: kome; chorion

Greek name(s): Τανις
Egyptian name(s): Tȝ-ʿny
Ethnic(s): Tanites
Variants: Tanis (Tannis - Taneos Chorion)

Repertoria: Dizionario IV, p. 353-354 (2); p. 354 (2); Suppl. 1, p. 240 (2); Suppl. 2, p. 204; Suppl. 3, p. 145 (2); Suppl. 4, p. 126 (2); Suppl. 5, p. 96 (2); Timm, p. 2264-2270; Wessely, Topographie, 1904, p. 143-144; P. Tebt. 2, 1907, p. 354; p. 357; p. 403
Biblio: Clarysse, Studies on Ptolemaic Memphis (Stud. Hell. 24), 1980, p. 105; Monson, P. Agri. Dem., 2012, p. 2-3; p. 60-61; Gee, Enchoria 35 (2016-2017) [2018], p. 195-197
Map: Barrington Atlas, 2000, pl. 75 E2 (Tanis); Pap. Congr. XXV (Ann Arbor 2007), 2010, p. 373 fig. 1 (Tell Shanah = Tanis?)
Note: the double name Ammonias alias Tanis in P. Lips. 2 139, 3 is surprising, as there are no further links between Ammonias and Tanis; obsolete reading: Nȝ-ʿnỉ; new reading in Stud. Pal. 4 p. 119-121 [153] [= AfP 4 (1908), p. 95-99], Vo 5 (no toponym, but personal name); new reading in P. Petrie 3 42 h (7) (= P. Petrie Kleon 9), 6 (ἐ̣[ν] τ̣ῶ̣ι̣ Τανίτηι > no toponym)

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TM id	Publication	Status	Material	Language	Date	Provenance

112700	P. Petrie inv. TCD Boxes 248 ined. (information Clarysse)	[written]	papyrus	Greek	BC03	Egypt, 00a - Tanis [written] Egypt, 00a? - Gurob [found]
1609	P. Lond. 7 2047	[written]	papyrus	Greek	BC03	Egypt, 00a - Tanis (?) [written] Egypt, 00a - Philadelpheia (Gharabet el-Gerza) [found]
316257	P. Tarich. 14	[written]	papyrus	Demotic / Greek	BC03 - BC02	Egypt, 00a - Tanis [written] Egypt, 00 - Arsinoites (Fayum) [found]
4259	SB 14 11745 Ro	[written]	papyrus	Greek	BC03	Egypt, 00a - Tanis [written] Egypt, 00 - Arsinoites (Fayum) [destination] Egypt, 00 - Arsinoites (Fayum) (?) [found]
704850	P. Köln Gr. 15 594	[written]	papyrus	Greek	BC03 - BC02	Egypt, 00a - Tanis [written] Egypt, 00 - Arsinoites (Fayum) [found]
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Tanis

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