Phenebythis
Phenebythis (Φενέβυθις, also Φενέβηθις) was a village in the nomos of Panopolis in Roman Egypt. It is attested in documentary papyri from at least the late 3rd century CE. In 298 CE, a papyrus from Panopolis refers to it as a κώμη, kōmē, or village.[1]
Phenebythis was also the name of one of the toparchies of the Panopolite nomos. It was one of the localities on the western bank of the Nile and belonged to the same toparchy as Bompae. Its precise identification is uncertain, although an identification with the area of modern Sohag has been proposed as plausible.[2]
The 5th-century Egyptian grammarian Horapollo is described as being originally from Phenebythis in the Panopolite nomos. A petition attributed to Horapollo also mentions his house at Phenebythis.[3]
References
[edit]- ↑ "TM GeoRef 23685". Trismegistos. Retrieved 31 August 2026.
- ↑ Chauveau, Michel (2002). "Rive droite, rive gauche. Le nome panopolite au IIe et IIIe siècles de notre ère". In Egberts, Arno; Muhs, Brian P.; van der Vliet, Jacques (eds.). Perspectives on Panopolis: An Egyptian Town from Alexander the Great to the Arab Conquest. Papyrologica Lugduno-Batava. Vol. 31. Brill. p. 48.
- ↑ van Minnen, Peter (2002). "The Letter (and Other Papers) of Ammon: Panopolis in the Fourth Century A.D.". In Egberts, Arno; Muhs, Brian P.; van der Vliet, Jacques (eds.). Perspectives on Panopolis: An Egyptian Town from Alexander the Great to the Arab Conquest. Papyrologica Lugduno-Batava. Vol. 31. Brill. p. 181.
Bibliography
[edit]- El-Sayed, Ragab; El-Masry, Mohamed. Athribis I.
- Quaegebeur, Jan. "Mummy Labels, An Orientation." Papyrologica Lugduno-Batava 19 (1978): 251.
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