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A guide to the Egyptian collections in the British Museum — John Shaqi

A guide to the Egyptian collections in the British MuseumBritish Museum. Department of Egyptian and Assyrian Antiquities

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A guide to the Egyptian collections in the British Museum

Name: A guide to the Egyptian collections in the British Museum
Author: British Museum. Department of Egyptian and Assyrian Antiquities

British Museum. Department of Egyptian and Assyrian Antiquities

Egypt -- Antiquities

The king promised to dedicate offerings regularly to their temples in
future, and, having kept his promise, the Nile rose and covered the land,
and filled the country with prosperity.

=Egyptian Geography.=—From time immemorial Egypt has been divided into
two parts, viz., the =Land of the South=, _Ta-Resu_, 𓇾𓐰𓏤𓐱𓈇𓇖𓊖, and the
=Land of the North=, _Ta-Meḥt_, 𓇾𓐰𓏤𓐱𓈇𓇉𓏏𓐰𓊖. The Land of the South is Upper
Egypt, and its northern limit in modern times is Cairo; the Land of the
North is Lower Egypt, _i.e._, the Delta, and its southern limit is Cairo.
The ancient Egyptians divided the Land of the South into twenty-two
parts, and the Land of the North into twenty parts; each such part was
called _Ḥesp_ 𓎛𓊃𓐰𓊪𓈈, a word which the Greeks rendered by =nome=. Each
nome was to all intents and purposes a little complete kingdom. It was
governed by a _ḥeq_, 𓋾𓈎, or chief man, and it contained a capital town
in which was the seat of the god of the nome and the priesthood, and
every _ḥeq_ administered his _ḥesp_ as he pleased. The number of the
nomes given by Greek and Roman writers varies between thirty-six and
forty-four. In late times Egypt was divided into three parts, Upper,
Central, and Lower Egypt; Central Egypt consisted of seven nomes, and was
therefore called Heptanomis. The nomes were:

UPPER EGYPT.

      Nome.               Capital.                    God or Goddess.

   1. =Ta-Kens.=      =Ābu.=[3] ELEPHANTINE.          Khnemu.
                        _Aswân._

   2. =Tes-Ḥeru.=     =Ṭeb.= APOLLINOPOLIS MAGNA.     Ḥeru-Beḥuṭet.
                        _Edfû._

   3. =Ten.=          =Nekheb.= EILEITHYIASPOLIS.     Nekhebit.
                        _Al-Kâb._

   4. =Uast.=         =Uast.= THEBES (or HERMONTHIS). Ȧmen-Rā.
                        _Luxor_, _Karnak_.

   5. =Ḥerui.=        =Ḳebti.= COPTOS.                Ȧmsu, or Menu.
                        _Ḳuft._

   6. =Ȧati.=         =Taenterert.= TENTYRIS.         Hathor.
                        _Denderah._

   7. =Seshesh.=      =Ḥa.= DIOSPOLIS PARVA.          Hathor.
                        _Ḥau._

   8. =Ȧbt.=          =Teni.= THIS.                   Ȧn-Ḥer.

   9. =...=           =Ȧpu.= PANOPOLIS.               Ȧmsu or Menu.
                        _Ahkmîm._

  10. =Uatchet.=      =Ṭebu.= APHRODITOPOLIS.         Hathor.

  11. =Set.=          =Shas-ḥetep.= HYPSELIS.         Khnemu.
                        _Shutb._

  12. =Ṭu-...=        =Nut-ent-bȧk.= HIERAKONPOLIS.   Horus.

  13. =Ȧm-f-khent.=   =Saut.= LYKOPOLIS.              Ȧp-uat.
                        _Asyûṭ._

  14. =Ȧm-f-peḥ.=     =Kesi.= KUSAE.                  Hathor.
                        _Al-Kusîyah._

  15. =Unt.=          =Khemennu.= HERMOPOLIS.         Thoth.
                        _Ashmnûnên._

  16. =Maḥetch.=      =Ḥebennu.=                      Horus.

  17. =Ȧnpu(?).=      =Kasa.= KYNONPOLIS.             Anubis.
                        _Al-Kês._

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