KEMI (EGYPT) AND ITS NOMES: ACCORDING TO THE LISTS OF THE MONUMENTS. I. PATORIS (the South Country, Upper Egypt). 1st Nome. Capital: AB (Elephantine). Deities: Khnum and Sopet (Sothis). 2nd Nome. Capital: TEB (Apollinopolis Magna). Deities Hor (Apollo) of Hut, and 3rd Nome. Capital: NEKHEB (Eileithyiapolis). Deity: The goddess Nekheb. 4th Nome. Capital: NI or NI-AMON (Diospolis Magna). Deities Amon-ra (Zeus) and the goddess Mut. 5th Nome. Capital: QOBTI (Koptos). Deity: Khim (Pan). 6th Nome. Capital: TANTERER (Tentyra). Deities: Hathor and Hor-samta. 7th Nome. Capital: HA (Arab. Hou, Diospolis Parva). Deities Nebtha (Nephthys) and Noferhotep. 8th Nome. Capital: ABDU (Abydos). 9th Nome. 10th Nome. Deity: Anhur (Mars). Capital: APU (Panopolis). Deity: Khim (Pan). Deity: Hor-mati. 11th Nome. Capital: SHAS-HOTEP (Hypsele). Deity: Khnum. 12th Nome. Capital: NI-ENT-BAK (Antropolis). 13th Nome. Capital: SIAUT (Lycopolis). Deities Ap-maten (Anubis) of the 14th Nome. Capital: QORS, Qos (Cusae). Deity: Mat (Themis). 15th Nome. Capital: KHIMUNU (Hermopolis). 16th Nome. 17th Nome. Deity: Thut (Hermes). Capital: HIBONU (Hipponon). God: Hor. God: Anup (Anubis). 18th Nome. Capital: HA-SUTEN (Alabastronpolis). God: Anup. 19th Nome. Capital: PI-MAZA (Oxyrhynchus). God: Set (Typhon). 20th Nome. Capital: KHINENSU (Heracleopolis Magna). God: Khnum called Her-shaf. 21st Nome. Capital: SMEN-HOR (Ptolemais?). God: Khnum. 22nd Nome. Capital: TEP-AH (Aphroditopolis). Deity: Hathor. II. PATOMHIT (the North Country, Lower Egypt). 1st Nome. Capital: MEN-NOFER (Memphis). 2nd Nome. Capital: SOKHEM (Letopolis). God: Hor(-uër). 3rd Nome. Capital: NI-ENT-HAPI (Apis). Goddess: Senti (Hathor-Nub). 4th Nome. Capital: Zoq's (Canopus). Deities: Amon-ra and Neit 5th Nome. Capital: SA (Saïs). Goddess: Neit. 6th Nome. Capital: KHESUU (Xoïs). God: Amon-ra. 7th Nome. Capital: SONTI-NOFER (Metelis). Deities: He, Lord of the West,' and Isis. 8th Nome. Capital: THUкOT (Sethroë). Deities: Tum (Helios), and Hathor. 9th Nome. Capital: PI-USIR (Busiris). God: Osiris. Deities: Hor-khont-khethi, and the goddess Khut. 11th Nome. Capital: QA-HEBES (Cabasus). Deity: Isis. 12th Nome. Capital: THEB-NUTER (Sebennytus). God: Anhur (Mars). 13th Nome. Capital: ANU (On, Heliopolis). Deities: Hormakhu (Helios) and the goddess Iusas. 14th Nome. Capital: Zo'AN (Tanis). Deities Hor and the goddess 15th Nome. Capital: PI-THUT (Hermopolis). Deities: Thut and the goddess Nohem-aui. 16th Nome. Capital: PI-BI-NEB-DAD (Mendes). Deities: Bi-neb-dad (Mendes) and the goddess Ha-mehit. 17th Nome. Capital: PI-KHUN-EN-AMON (Diospolis). Deities: Amon-ra and the goddess 18th Nome. Capital: PI-BAST (Bubastus). Goddess: Bast. God: Sapt, the Lord of the East.' With regard to the geographical position of the respective Nomes, as they are determined, with a very few exceptions, in the order and arrangement denoted above, on the monuments alike of older and later times, I refer to the Maps appended to this work. These will also enable the reader to identify a number of cities and places in the old empire of the Pharaohs, which have been passed over in the above list of the Nomes and their capitals. |