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Thebais

TM Geo 2982

Egypt - Upper Egypt (U) - provincia: Aegyptus - dioecesis Oriens (ca. AD 314) (admin.) - same as U Ano Topoi (TM Geo 11189)?; cf. U04b Dios Polis / Thebai (Thebes east) (TM Geo 576); cf. also U Thebais Ano (TM Geo 13305), U Thebais Kato (TM Geo 13306)

Links: Pleiades, Pleiades [2], ToposText

Status: region; district: nomos; tesh; eparchia; provincia

Greek name(s): Θηβαίς
Latin name(s): Thebais
Egyptian name(s): pȝ tš n Nw.t
Coptic name(s): ⲑⲏⲃⲁⲉⲓⲥ - ⲑⲩⲃⲁⲉⲓⲥ
Ethnic(s): Thebaikos - Thebaicus - Thebaios
Variants: Thebais - Thebaios Nomos - P-tesh-n-Nout ('The district / nomos of Thebes')

Repertoria: Dizionario II, p. 273; p. 274-277; Suppl. 1, p. 142; p. 142-143; Suppl. 2, p. 70 (bis); Suppl. 3, p. 49 (bis); Suppl. 4, p. 66; p. 67; Suppl. 5, p. 43 (bis)
Biblio: Erichsen, Glossar, 1954, p. 407; Pestman, P. Survey, 1993, p. 452 n. 19; CDD T, 2012, p. 299; BL 13, 2017, p. 1; Eller, Nomes et toparchies (BdE 179), 2022, p. 83; p. 376-377; p. 383-388 & passim
Map: Barrington Atlas, 2000, pl. 101 N6 (Thebais); Barrington Atlas, 2000, pl. 78 C5-D5 (Thebais); Barrington Atlas, 2000, pl. 80 C1-D1 (Thebais); Barrington Atlas, 2000, pl. 80 C4-D4 (Thebais); Bengtson, Weltatlas, 1978(6), pl. 36 a C4-D4 (Thebaïs); Jacotin, Carte geographique de l'Égypte, 1818, map 3 (la Thébaïde [bis]); Pococke, A description of the East, 1743, I, p. 1 (Thebais); Rifaud, Carte du cours du Nil, 1830 (la Thebaïd); Tabula Imperii Romani. Coptos, 1958 (Thebais)
Note: the Thebais includes U01 till U15 or even U19; from ca. 298 AD on a separate province, split up in an Upper Thebais (Anotero - U01-U05) and a Lower Thebais (Katotero - U06-U15); new reading in BGU 18 2747, 8 (unidentified toponym (?); cf. BL 12, p. 31); new reading in P. Berl. Zill. 3, 2 (no toponym; cf. BL 8, p. 64)

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15 texts found or written in Thebais
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TM id	Publication	Status	Material	Language	Date	Provenance

989477	P. Würzb. 2 28	[written]	papyrus	Greek	BC02	Egypt, U - Thebais (?) [written] Egypt, U - Upper Egypt [found]
644433	ZPE 228 (2023), p. 13-15 no. 1	[written]	papyrus	Greek	AD02	Egypt, U - Thebais (?) [written] Egypt, U20 - Herakleopolites (?) [found] Egypt, U20 - Euergetis [destination]
644449	ZPE 228 (2023), p. 15-20 no. 2	[written]	papyrus	Greek	BC02	Egypt, U - Thebais (?) [written] Egypt, U20 - Herakleopolites (?) [found] Egypt, U20 - Euergetis [destination]
644434	ZPE 228 (2023), p. 24-26 no. 5	[written]	papyrus	Greek	BC02	Egypt, U - Thebais (?) [written] Egypt, U20 - Herakleopolites (?) [found] Egypt, U20 - Euergetis (?) [destination]
644648	ZPE 228 (2023), p. 20-22 no. 3	[written]	papyrus	Greek	BC02	Egypt, U - Thebais (?) [written] Egypt, U20 - Herakleopolites (?) [found] Egypt, U20 - Euergetis (?) [destination]
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