Upper Egyptian nome 4 (original) (raw)
Upper Egypt province ('nome') 4
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Deity recorded on the White Chapel: Mont
Main cities in the province, with evidence for temples:
Perhathor (Greek Pathyris, Arabic Gebelein)
- temple of Hathor (destroyed in antiquitiy, excavations not recorded)
Imiotru (Arabic Rizeiqat)
- temple of Sobek (destroyed in antiquity, sculpture retrieved in 1960s)
Iuny (Greek Hermonthis, Arabic Armant)
- temple of Mont (part of lower courses of New Kingdom (about 1550-1069 BC) temple survive; Ptolemaic temple buildings demolished in early 19th C)
Djerty (Arabic Tod)
- temple of Mont (part of Ptolemaic temple survives, incorporating earlier wall)
Waset (Greek Thebes, Arabic Qurneh for West Bank, Luxor and Karnak for East Bank)
- temple complex of Amun at Karnak (sandstone and hard stone elements preserved)
- temple complex of Mut at Karnak South (much destroyed in antiquity)
- temple of Khons in the Amun temple complex at Karnak (Dynasty 20, 21 intact)
- temples to the cults of individual kings on West Bank: those of Hatshepsut, Sety I, Ramesses II, and Ramesses III substantially preserved, those of other rulers destroyed in antiquity
Madu (Arabic Medamud)
- temple of Mont (parts of Ptolemaic structure preserved)
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