Hieracon
Per Nemty (al-Atawla) | |
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| Location | Egypt |
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| Region | Asyut Governorate |
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| Cultures | Ancient Egypt |
Per Nemty (pr nmty; House of Nemty), an Ancient Egyptian settlement also known in Greek as Hieracon and at the modern village of al-Atawla, on the right/eastern bank of the Nile River northeast of Assiut (5 km). It was the capital of the 12th Nome of Upper Egypt.[1] The town was centered on the Temple of Nemty, the god Nemty being the ferryman god.
History
[edit | edit source]Old Kingdom
[edit | edit source]In the Old Kingdom, the governors of the 12th nome were buried at Deir el-Gabrawi. The area hosted powerful nomarchs durning the 6th Dynasty.
Middle Kingdom
[edit | edit source]A Temple-block from el-Atawla with name of Hotepibre of the early 13th Dynasty is in the Cairo Museum (Temp 25.4.22.3).[2]
New Kingdom
[edit | edit source]In the New Kingdom, the temple may have seen some construction with a lintel naming Ahmose I.[3]
Hellenistic Period
[edit | edit source]Hieracon or Hierakon (Ἱεράκων κώμη, Ptolemy vi. 7. § 36), also called Theracon, Egyptian pr nmty, was an ancient fortified city of Upper Egypt situated on the right bank of the Nile, now the site of the modern-day village of Elatawlah, Egypt. It stood nearly midway between the western extremity of the Ἀλαβαστρινὸν ὄρος or Alabstrine Mountains (the site of the Kom al-Ahmar Necropolis) and the city of Asyut (Greek Lycopolis), latitude 27° 15′North.
Roman Period
[edit | edit source]In Roman times, was quartered the cohors prima of the Lusitanian auxiliaries.
Similarities
[edit | edit source]Hieracon is distinct from Nekhen (Ἱεράκων πόλις, Hierakon polis Strabo xvii. p. 817), which was south of Thebes, lat. 25° 52′North, nearly opposite Eileithyias polis (Ειλείθυιας πόλις, Egyptian Nekheb, modern El Kab), and capital of the third nome of Upper Egypt.
References
[edit | edit source]- ^ [1]https://www.ucl.ac.uk/museums-static/digitalegypt/geo/nomeu12.html
- ^ See Ryholt (1997), p. 338, File 13/6
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Archaeology Archived 2019-04-05 at the Wayback Machine