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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

18. =Sepṭ.=         =Ḥet-suten.= AL-HÎBAH.          Anubis.

  19. =Bu-tchamui.=   =Pa-Mātchet.= OXYRRHYNCHUS.     Set.
                        _Bahnassâ._

  20. =Ȧm-Khent.=     =Suten-ḥenen.= HERAKLEOPOLIS    Ḥeru-shefit.
                        MAGNA. _Ahnâs._
                        (The Hânês of the Bible.)

  21. =Ȧm-peḥ.=       =Smen-Ḥeru.=                    Khnemu.

  22. =Maten.=        =Ṭep-Ȧḥet.= APHRODITOPOLIS.     Hathor.
                        _Atfîḥ._

LOWER EGYPT.

      Nome.               Capital.                    God or Goddess.

   1. =Ȧneb-ḥetch.=   =Men-nefert.= MEMPHIS.          Ptaḥ.
                        _Mît-Rahînah._

   2. =Ȧa.=           =Sekhem.= LETOPOLIS.            Ḥeru-ur.

   3. =Ȧment.=        =Pa-neb-Ȧmt.= APIS.             Hathor.

   4. =Sȧpi-Rest.=    =Tchekā.=                       Ȧmen-Rā.

   5. =Sȧpi-Meḥt.=    =Saut.= SAÏS.                   Neith.
                        _Ṣâ._

   6. =Ka-semt.=      =Khasut.= XOÏS.                 Ȧmen-Rā.

   7. =Nefer-Ȧment.=  =Pa-Aḥu-neb-Ȧment.=             Ḥu.
                        _Metelis (?)._

   8. =Nefer-Ȧbt.=    =Thekaut= (=Succoth=),          Atem, or Temu.
                        =Pa-Tem= (=Pithom=).
                        PATUMOS.
                        _Tall al-Maskhûṭah._

   9. =Ȧthi(?).=      =Pa-Ȧsȧr.= BUSIRIS.             Osiris.
                        _Abû-Ṣîr._

  10. =Ka-Qam.=       =Ḥet-ta-ḥer-ȧbt.= ATHRIBIS.     Ḥeru-Khenti-Khati.

  11. =Ka-ḥeseb.=     =Ḥesbet(?)=, =Ka-Ḥebset(?).=    Isis, or Sebek.
                        KABASOS.

  12. =Theb-...=      =Theb-neter(?).= SEBENNYTOS.    Ȧn-Ḥer.
                        _Sammanûd._

  13. =Ḥeq-āṭ.=       =Ȧnnu= (The On of the Bible).   Temu.
                        HELIOPOLIS. _Maṭarîyah._


  14. =Khent-ȧbt.=    =Tchal.= TANIS.                 Horus.
                        _Ṣân._

  15. =Teḥuti.=       =Pa-Teḥuti.= HERMOPOLIS MINOR.  Thoth.

  16. =Ḥātmeḥit.=     =Pa-Ba-neb Ṭeṭ.= MENDES.        Osiris.
                        _Tmai al-Amdîd._

  17. =Sam-Beḥuṭet.=  =Pa-Khen-en-Ȧmen.= DIOSPOLIS.   Ȧmen-Rā.

  18. =Ȧm-Khent.=     =Pa-Bast.= PIBESETH BUBASTIS.   Bast.
                        _Tall Basṭah._

  19. =Ȧm-peḥ.=       =Pa-Uatchet.= BUTO.             Uatchet.

  20. =Sepṭ.=         =Kesem.= PHAKUSSA.              Sepṭ.
                        _Fakûs._

The =Sûdân= was divided into =13 nomes=:

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A guide to the Egyptian collections in the British Museum

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