Atfih
| Tepihu in hieroglyphics | ||||||
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Tepihu TpjḤw first of the cows / head of the cattle |
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| Greek | Aphroditopolis | |||||
Atfih ( ancient Egyptian Tepihu ; Arabic أطفيح, DMG Aṭfīḥ ; Coptic Petpeh ) is a city in the Egyptian governorate of Al- Jiza with about 106,300 inhabitants.
Tepihu in ancient Egypt
 
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The place was first mentioned on a false door that is dated to the end of the Old Kingdom . At least since the Middle Kingdom , Tepihu was the main town of the Messergau ( 22nd Upper Egyptian Gau ). The place name is directly related to the main deity Hathor there . No remains of their temple have survived.
The ancient Egyptian king Kamose , who lived in the 16th century BC. Chr. After the death of his predecessor Seqenenre continued the fight against the Hyksos , reported on two steles and a writing board from his campaign. According to the inscriptions, Kamose conquered several territories in his third year of reign and advanced as far as Auaris . However, he only attacked the outskirts of the Hyksos capital in order to besiege Auaris in the following period.
Kamose intercepted a cry for help from Apopi I by arresting the messenger in Tepihu. Kamose stated that his sphere of influence would extend from Elephantine to the Tepihu- Memphis region during the Nile Delta occupation by the Hyksos .
See also
literature
- Farouk Gomaa: The Settlement of Egypt during the Middle Kingdom: Part 1 - Upper Egypt and the Fayyum - . Reichert, Wiesbaden 1986, ISBN 3-88226-279-6 , pp. 380-383.
- Ursula Kaplony-Heckel : The war campaign of the Ka-mose against the Hyksos . In: Otto Kaiser : Texts from the environment of the Old Testament (TUAT); Vol. 1, Delivery 6; Historical-chronological texts III - . Mohn, Gütersloh 1985, ISBN 3-579-00065-9 , pp. 525-534.
- Richard Pietschmann : Aphroditopolis . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume I, 2, Stuttgart 1894, Col. 2793 f.
Individual evidence
- ^ Rainer Hannig: Large Concise Dictionary Egyptian-German: (2800 - 950 BC) . von Zabern, Mainz 2006, ISBN 3-8053-1771-9 , p. 1202.
Coordinates: 29 ° 25 ′ 0 ″ N , 31 ° 15 ′ 0 ″ E