Athribis (Kemwer)
| Athribis in hieroglyphics | |||||||||
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Hut-ta-heri-ib / Hut-heri-ib Ḥwt- (t3) -ḥrj-jb |
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| Greek | Ἀθριβις (Athribis) | ||||||||
Athribis ( Greek Ἀθριβις , ancient Egyptian Hut- (ta) -heri-ib ; Assyrian Ḫatḫ (a) riba ; today Tell Atrib , Kom el-Atrib ) was the capital of the Kemwer Gaus , the 10th Gaus of Lower Egypt , in ancient Egypt . It was northeast of Banha .
The temple dedicated to the local god Chentechtai by Amasis ( 26th dynasty ) is undoubtedly the oldest evidence of a building erected in Athribis. Amenophis III. A temple was built here, but there are no archaeological finds that would prove the content of the ancient texts. Athribis was also the hometown of Amenhotep , who worked as an architect , priest , scribe and official under Amenhotep III. worked and probably died in the 35th year of this king's reign.
According to Ammianus Marcellinus ( Res gestae 22,16) Athribis was one of the most important cities in Egypt.
literature
- Hans Bonnet : Athribis. In: Lexicon of Egyptian Religious History. Nicol, Hamburg 2000, ISBN 3-937872-08-6 , p. 58.
- Christian Leitz u. a .: Lexicon of the Egyptian gods and names of gods (LGG). Vol. 6: ẖ-s (= Orientalia Lovaniensia analecta. [OLA] No. 115). Peeters, Leuven 2002, ISBN 90-429-1151-4 , p. 286.
- Karol Mysliwiec: Athribis - a Hellenistic city in the Nile Delta. In: Ancient World . Journal of Archeology and Cultural History , No. 25, 1994, pp. 35-46.
- Richard Pietschmann : Athribis 1 . In: Paulys Realencyclopadie der classischen Antiquity Science (RE). Volume II, 2, Stuttgart 1896, Col. 2070 f.
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Coordinates: 30 ° 28 ′ 14 ″ N , 31 ° 11 ′ 17 ″ E