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II. Place Names II. Place Names Abydos (lbt), 49 Dendera, 86, 88, 123 -, funerary stelae from, 85 -, temple of Hathor, 84, 86, Aegyptus (province), 102 n. 34 -, zodiac in temple, 242 Ailourion (hamlet of), 51, 53 Dishna, library of, 226-227 Akhmim, see Panopolis Alexandria (Rakote), vii, 57, 96, 102 n. 34, 118, East bank, 56 120 n. 22, 141, 165-166, 181-184, 187-188, Edfa (ltou), 2 n. 5, 242 190-197 Edfu (Tho), -, Sabas church, 126 -, temple of Horus, 29, 83-84, 90 Antinoopolis, 123 -, library of monastery of St. Mercurius, 217, -, South Church, 119 219-220, 226 Apollonopolite (nome), 7 El Bagawat (necropolis of Hibis, Kharga Oasis), Arsinoite, 10 n. 27, 11 121-122, 129 Athens, 181 El Hawawish (necropolis), 45 n. 1, 47 n. 7, 84, -, temple of Athena, 159 235-236 Athribis, see Triphion El Salamuni, 46 n. 6,237, Atripe, see Triphion -, rock temple, 239 Awlad Azzaz, 237 -, zodiac tombs, 242 Ephesus, Council of, 97 n. 6, 154 Babylon, 23, 26 Erebe, monastery of St. Severus, 215 Bala'izah, library of monastery of Apa Apollo, 226 Esbon (Asfun el-Matana), Bassuna (Psonis), 48 -, monastery of Matthew the Poor / of the Potter Bir el-Ain (wadi), 55-56, 58, 67-68 (Deir el-Fakhuri), 137 -, graffiti of, 55-56, 58, 67-68 Esna (Latopolis, Sne, Isna), 87-88, 90, 136-137, Bompae, see West bank 142 Bosochis, see West bank -, temple of Khnum, 83, 91 Bucheum, 87 -, zodiac in temple, 242 Chalcedon, Council of, 96-97, 227 Fayum, 11, 46, 220 Chemmis, 56 -, monastery of St. Cosma, 216 Constantinople, 181, 183-184, 194, 197 -, Hagia Sophia, 116 Gebel Sheikh el-Haridi, Demotic graffiti, 80, 239 -, church of the Theotokos, 183 n. 33 Gebel Tukh, Corinth, 123 -, Greek graffiti, 56, 59, 66-67, 69, Cumae (Campania), 80 -, Demotic graffiti, 239 Deir el-Abiad, see White Monastery Hermonthis (Armant), Deir el-Fakhuri, see Esbon, monastery -, basilica of, 126 [268] PLACE NAMES 269 Hermopolis Magna, 1 n. 2, 12, 121, 123, 208 -, sanctuary of Isis, 29 -, basilica of, 123 n. 36, 126 -, sanctuary of Thoth, 29 -, komasterion, 126 -, temple of Min (Pan), 29, 55, 84, 89, 234, 239, -, Hermopolite (nome), 97 n. 7 242 Heron, see West bank -, zodiac in temple, 239,242 lj.t-Rpj.t, see Triphion Panopolite (9th Upper Egyptian nome, t3 ql) [;ln­ '{Jnt-Mn, see Panopolis Mn), 7, 11-12, 52, 56,181 n. 22, 233-234, 236, 241,243,247 Isauria, vii, 180 Pbow (Pabau, Faw Qibli), monastery of, 118, 126 Island of Apollinariados, see West bank Pcolpef, 219 Island of the Administrator (t3 m3j n p3 sl)n I Perpnoute, 218 v11cro<; w-G npocrtcitou), see Island of Apol­ Phenebythis (toparchy of), see West bank linariados Philadelphia (Arsinoite ), 11-12 Philae, 53 n. 27, 87, 90 Jerusalem, 20-24, 26, 120 n. 22 -, graffiti of, 53 n. 27 -, Heavenly, 13, 15, 20-21 -, temple of, 84 Piazza Armerina (Sicily), villa filosofiana, 117 Kalamon, 218 Pleuit / Pneueit, 112 n. 79, 245-247 Karbone, monastery of St. Mary, 217 Pompeii, House of the Vettii, mosaics, 158-159 Kotyaion (Phrygia), 183 n. 33 Pr-nb-wt (= <l>EVE~u81<; ?), 47 n. 8 Petpouhar, 218 Left bank (of Nile), see East bank Ptolemais (Libya), Palazzo delle Colonne, 117 Lepsis Magna, basilica, 122 n. 32 Ptolemais Hermiou, 56-59 Letopolis (Korn Ausim, Ouhem), 136 Psiko, see West bank Luxor (el-Uqsur, Pape), 123, 137-139 Psonis (Pr-swn), see West bank Lykopolis (Siut), 7-8 -, Lykopolite (nome), 7 Red Monastery (Bishuy-Kloster), 120,236 -, monastery of S. Shenute, 216 -, church of, 121, 125 Right bank (of Nile), see East bank Memphis, 205, 208 Rome,21, 184,194,197 -, baths of Trajan, 117 Narmuthis, 218 -, baths of Diocletian, 121 n. 27 -, monastery of St. Epima, 218 -, domus aurea, 123 -, monastery of St. George, 217 -, horti liciniani, Temple of Minerva Medica, 117 Nicea, Council of, 180 -, forum of Trajan, basilica Ulpia, 122 n. 32 Nola (Campania), 123 -, mausoleum of Constantina, 118 -, S. Giovanni in Laterano, baptistry, 117 Ostia, 91, 124 -, S. Maria degli Angeli, 121 n. 27 Oxyrhynchus, I n. 2, 7 -, S. Paolofuori le mura, 121 -, Oxyrhynchite (nome), 8, 120 n. 22 -, Villa of Hadrian, Tivoli, 123-124 Rpj.t, see Triphion Pachoumis (hamlet of), see West bank Palmyra, hypogeum of Brother Iarhai, 124 n. 41 Samothrace, 166 Panopolis (Akhmim, Shmin), passim Saqqara, library of monastery of Apa Jeremias, -, monastery of St. Psehmmao, 217 226 -, sanctuary of Horus, 29 Sardis (Asia Minor), 117 .
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