Per Nemty (Hieracon)
Per Nemty (al-Atawla) | |
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| Location | Egypt |
|---|---|
| Region | Asyut Governorate |
| Coordinates | 27°14′N 31°13′E / 27.233°N 31.217°E |
| History | |
| 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]
Old Kingdom[edit]
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]
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]
In the New Kingdom, the temple may have seen some construction with a lintel naming Ahmose I.[3]
Hellenistic Period[edit]
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]
In Roman times, was quartered the cohors prima of the Lusitanian auxiliaries.
Similarities[edit]
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]
- ^ [1]https://www.ucl.ac.uk/museums-static/digitalegypt/geo/nomeu12.html
- ^ See Ryholt (1997), p. 338, File 13/6
- ^ Abdel-Raziq, A. (2017). An Unpublished Lintel of Ahmose-Nebpehtyre from El-Atâwla. Journal of the American Research Center in Egypt, 53, 47–56. https://www.jstor.org/stable/26537118
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "Hieracon". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.
