Kemwer (Gau)
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Kemwer (Kem wer) Km wr (Gau vom) big black bull |
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Kemwer was the name of the tenth Lower Egyptian district , which stretched in the southeastern Nile Delta from neighboring Bubastis (18th district) to the neighboring towns of Heliopolis and Cairo (13th district). It was named after the dead goddess Kemwer .
The capital of the district bore the ancient Egyptian name Hut-heri-ib - Ḥwt-ḥrj-jb (Kom el-Atrib) and was northeast of Banha . In Ptolemaic times her name was Athribis ( Greek Ἀθριβις ), accordingly the district was called Athribis at that time .
literature
- Hans Bonnet : Athribis. In: Hans Bonnet: Lexicon of the Egyptian religious history. 3rd unchanged edition. Nikol, Hamburg 2000, ISBN 3-937872-08-6 , p. 58.
- Christian Leitz et al. (Hrsg.): Lexicon of the Egyptian gods and names of gods . Volume 6: ẖ - s (= Orientalia Lovaniensia analecta. Vol. 115). Peeters, Leuven et al. 2002, ISBN 90-429-1151-4 , p. 286.