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Koussai (El-Qusiya)

TM Geo 1176

Egypt - 15th Upper Egyptian nome, Hermopolites (El-Ashmunein) (U15) - provincia: Aegyptus - originally the U14; already in the Middle Kingdom incorporated in the U15 Hermopolites; in the U15 Koussites Ano toparchia (admin.) - cf. also U15 Koussites (TM Geo 2964), U15 Koussites Ano (TM Geo 13257), U15 Koussites Kato (TM Geo 13258)
27.438183,30.817991 (Lat,Long)


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


Status: village: kome; city: polis


Greek name(s): Κουσσαι
Latin name(s): Chusis - Cusae
Egyptian name(s): Qys (Qsỉȝ - Qs - Ks)
Coptic name(s): ⲕⲱⲥ - ⲕⲱⲥⲕⲁⲙ - ⲕⲱⲥⲕⲟⲱ - ⲕⲟⲥⲅⲁⲙ - ⲕⲟⲥⲕⲁⲙ
Ethnic(s): Koussites - Chousites - Chysites
Modern name(s): El-Qusiya
Variants: Koussai (Kousai - Kos - Akouasa - Kousos - Chousai - Chousos - Kasos) - El-Qusiya (Kusija - El-Koussieh)


Repertoria: Dizionario I 1, p. 44; III, p. 149; p. 149-150 (1-3); p. 150; p. 150-151; Dizionario V, p. 131; Suppl. 1, p. 178; p. 178 (1-2); Suppl. 2, p. 100; p. 100 (1); Suppl. 3, p. 63 (bis); p. 63 (1); Suppl. 4, p. 78; p. 78 (2); Suppl. 5, p. 54; Gauthier, Dictionnaire V, 1928, p. 164-165; Drew-Bear, Hermopolite, 1979, p. 45; p. 147 (bis); p. 147-151; p. 152; p. 153 (bis); p. 323; p. 375
Biblio: Wb 5, 1931, p. 17; Gardiner, AEO 2, 1947, p. 77* no. 374; Erichsen, Glossar, 1954, p. 550; Drew-Bear, REA 83 (1981), p. 23-24; CDD K, 2001, p. 37-38; CDD Q, 2004, p. 87 (bis); Jasnow / Zauzich, Book of Thoth, 2005, p. 344; Chang, P. Strasb. Gr. 10, 2014, p. 83
Map: Baines / Málek, Atlas, 2002(2), p. 121 (el-Qusiya / Kusai / Qis); Barrington Atlas, 2000, pl. 77 D2 (Koussai / Koskam); Drew-Bear, Hermopolite, 1979, map 2 (El Qûṣîya / Κοῦσσαι)
Note: obsolete reading: Qsỉs


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111276Hodjash / Berlev, The Egyptian reliefs and stelae in the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow 103[found & written]stone (onyx) Hieroglyphic BC10 - BC08 Egypt, U15 - Koussai (El-Qusiya) (?) [found & written]
113171Cooney, Egyptian antiquities BM. Glass p. 159 no. 1839[found & written]glass Greek / Hieroglyphic BC03 Egypt, U15 - Koussai (El-Qusiya) [found & written]
6061SB 5 7782[found & written]metal (gold, leaf) Greek / Hieroglyphic BC03 Egypt, U15 - Koussai (El-Qusiya) [found & written]
109059SB 8 10017[found & written]glass Greek / Hieroglyphic BC03 Egypt, U15 - Koussai (El-Qusiya) [found & written]
104527Zeitschrift für Ägyptische Sprache und Altertumskunde (ZÄS) 90 (1963), p. 16-22 no. B[found & written]glass Greek / Hieroglyphic BC03 Egypt, U15 - Koussai (El-Qusiya) [found & written]
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