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Moiris (Birket Qarun)

TM Geo 1384

Egypt - Arsinoites (Fayum) (00) - provincia: Aegyptus - same as 00 Limne (TM Geo 1255)


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Status: lake: limne; lacus; shi


Greek name(s): Μοιρις - Μοιριδος λίμνη
Latin name(s): Moeridis lacus
Egyptian name(s): Šy-Wȝḏ-wr (Šy-Wt-wr - Šy-Wȝḏ-wr-n-Nȝ-nfr-ỉr-šty.t) - Šy-wr
Modern name(s): Birket Qarun
Variants: Moiris (Moiridos Limne - Moeris - 'Lake of (the town) Moiris'?) - Shi-Wadj-Wer-n-Nephersatis ('Lake (the) Great Green one of Nephersatis') - Shi-wer ('Great lake') - Birket Qarun


Repertoria: Dizionario III, p. 291 (1); P. Tebt. 2, 1907, p. 387; Gauthier, Dictionnaire I, 1925, p. 183
Biblio: Wb 1, 1926, p. 269; JEA 29 (1943), p. 37-50; Erichsen, Glossar, 1954, p. 105; Vergote, ZÄS 87 (1962), p. 37-50; Vandorpe, Geografische elementen, 1988, p. 52-53; p. 107-112; p. 167; Vandorpe, AfP 50 (2004), p. 72-73; Derda, Arsinoites nomos, 2006, p. 13-14; CDD W, 2009, p. 18; p. 107; p. 191-193; CDD M, 2010, p. 11; Abgadiyat 8 (2013), p. 33-34; Widmer, Résurrection d’Osiris, 2015, p. 55-56
Map: Arrowsmith, Map of Upper Egypt, 1807 (Biṛket Keroun); Barrington Atlas, 2000, pl. 75 D2 (Moeris Lacus); Davoli, L'archeologia urbana nel Fayyum, 1998, p. 367 (Birket Qarun)
Note: Moiris < the royal name of Amenemhat III, (Ny)-Mȝʿ.t-Rʿ?; new reading in P. Dime 3 13, 15 (= P. Zauzich 14, 1) (no toponym)


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