Ma-hedj (Gau)

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Ma-hedj in hieroglyphics
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Ma-hedj
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Ma-hedj (also Säbelantilopengau or Antilopengau , incorrectly called Gazellengau ) was the name of the 16th Upper Egyptian district . The Gau stretched a little south of Tehne to north of the village of Etlîdem and is specified in the Gauliste des Sesostris - kiosks with a length of 45.6 kilometers.

The first mention of Ma-hedj goes back to Djoser's time. In the Old Kingdom , the left nomarchs in Zawiyat al-Amwat bury. In the rock necropolis of Beni Hasan you can find the graves of the Gau prince from the First Intermediate Period and the Middle Kingdom .

According to Farouk Gomaà , the city of Hebenu on the east bank of the Nile was the capital of the district from the Old Kingdom to the Greco-Roman times . According to Wolfgang Helck , the Gau is said to have been divided into an east and a west half along the Nile under Amenemhet I. Menat-Chufu became the capital of the eastern half , while the Gau center on the west side shifted from Hebenu to Neferusi . During the 12th dynasty , the mayors ( Hatia ) of Menat-Chufu exercised limited administrative authority over the mayors of Neferusi and were buried with them in the Herwer necropolis .

In the second interim period , the Antilopengau was dissolved and incorporated into the 15th Upper Egyptian Gau ( Hasengau ).

See also

literature

  • Wolfgang Helck : Gaue . In: Wolfgang Helck (Hrsg.): Lexikon der Ägyptologie (LÄ) . tape II . Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden 1977, ISBN 3-447-01876-3 , p. 391 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b W. Helck: Gaue. In: LÄ II. P. 391.
  2. ↑ Farouk Gomaa: Hebenu. In: LÄ II. P. 1075.
  3. ↑ a b Dieter Kessler: Neferusi. In: LÄ IV. Pp. 383–385.
  4. ↑ Dieter Kessler: Herwer. In: LÄ IV. Pp. 41–42.