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Dioryx Megale (Bahr Yussuf)

TM Geo 572

Egypt - - provincia: Aegyptus - flowing through U15, U17, U19, U20 and 00 (admin.) - same as U15 Tomis (TM Geo 7773)?; cf. 00 Moiris canal (TM Geo 1385)

Status: canal: dioryx; potamos

Greek name(s): διῶρυξ Μεγάλη
Modern name(s): Bahr Yussuf
Variants: Dioryx Megale ('Great canal') - Bahr Yussuf (Yusuf - Youssouf - Youssef)

Repertoria: P. Tebt. 2, 1907, p. 389
Biblio: Bonneau, Le régime administratif, 1993, p. 15
Map: Falivene, Herakleopolite nome, 1998, pl. (Baḥr Yusūf [quater]); Falivene, Herakleopolite nome, 1998, pl. (Old Baḥr Yusūf [ter]); P. Tebt. 2, 1907, pl. 3 (Bahr Yusuf [bis] (Canal of Moeris?)); Pap. Congr. XXV (Ann Arbor 2007), 2010, p. 373 fig. 1 (Bahr Yusef); Pap. Congr. XXV (Ann Arbor 2007), 2010, p. 375 fig. 3 (Bahr Yusef [bis]); Pruneti, Ossirinchite, 1981, pl. (Bahr Yusef [bis])
Note: the Bahr Yusuf is a branch of the Nile, ca. 340 km long, that diverges westward near U15 Dairut (2752) and terminates in Lake Moiris (Birket Qarun) (1384) in the Arsinoites; obsolete identifications: 00 Bahr Wardan (1633), 00 Bahr Tamia (4836)