Philotera

TM Geo 1777

Egypt - Eastern desert (Eastern desert)The region ca. 250 BC - provincia: AegyptusThe provincia ca. 200 AD - located at the Red Sea (TM Geo 3632); according to Strabon between Heroopolis (TM Geo 829) on the one hand and Arsinoe [Olbia] (TM Geo 3661) and Myos Hormos (Quseir el-Qadim) (TM Geo 3156) on the other hand; according to Ptolemaios, however, south of Myos Hormos - same as Phil[ ] (TM Geo 13308)?

Links: Pleiades, Pleiades [2], ToposText

Status: harbour: limen; city: oppidum

Greek name(s): Φιλωτέρα
Latin name(s): Philoteriae - Aenum
Ethnic(s): Philoterites
Variants: Philotera (Philoteris) - Aenum

Repertoria: Dizionario I 1, p. 38; V, p. 88-89; Barrington Atlas, 2000, p. 1161 (pl. 78 unlocated); p. 1162 (pl. 78 unlocated)
Biblio: Meredith, JEA 38 (1952), p. 105; Mueller, Settlements of the Ptolemies, 2006, p. 210 no. 83; Cuvigny, Le désert oriental d'Égypte, 2018, § 200-202; Van Rengen, Le désert oriental d'Égypte, 2018
Map: Baines / Málek, Atlas, 2002(2), p. 53 [a] (Philoteras); Baines / Málek, Atlas, 2002(2), p. 54 (Philoteras); Bengtson, Weltatlas, 1978(6), pl. 36 a E4 (Philoteras); BSOAS 15 (1953), p. 28 (Philoteras); BSOAS 16 (1954), p. 212 (Philoteras); CdE 28 (1953), p. 127 fig. 13 inset (Philoteras); d'Anville, Aegyptus antiqua, 1765 (Philoteras Portus et Aennum Oppidum); Eos 48 (1956), 2, p. 94-114 fig. 1 ('Aenum'); Eos 48 (1956), 2, p. 94-114 fig. 1 (Philoteras); JEA 11 (1925), p. 138 pl. 11 (Philoteras); JEA 38 (1952), p. 95 fig. 1 (Philoteras); JEA 38 (1952), p. 97 fig. 2 (Philoteras road - to Philoteras); JEA 39 (1953), p. 95 Vo inset (Philoteras); Journal of the Royal Geographical Society 2 (1832), p. 28 no. 2 (Aennum or Philoteros P(or)tus); MDAI Kairo 22 (1967), p. 111 fig. 1 (Philoteras); Pococke, A description of the East, 1743, I, p. 1 (Philoterus Portus); Raimondi, Le désert oriental égyptien, 1923, pl. 9 (Abou Châr el Goubli (Philotera)); Sidebotham / Gates-Foster (ed.), Survey of the desert roads, 2019, p. vi (Philoteras v(el) Aennum); Tabula Imperii Romani. Coptos, 1958 (Philoteras / Mersa Guweisis); Tabula Imperii Romani. Coptos, 1958 (Aenvm / W. Gāsūs); U.S. Army Map Service, map NG 36-7 (6th ed.), 1959 (Philoteras (ruins))
Note: Plinius: 'soon after comes the small town of Aenum - other writers give the name as Philoteriae instead', so one place or two different places?; obsolete identification for Philotera: Marsa Gawasis (5055); obsolete identification for Aenum: Wadi Gasus (2838)