| Diospolis Parva | ||||||||||
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| Ancient Egyptian: Hut-Seshesh | ||||||||||
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| Location | Hu | |||||||||
| Coordinates | 26°1′N 32°17′E | |||||||||
| Region | Upper Egypt | |||||||||
| Nome | Seshesh | |||||||||
| Main deities | Hathor (Bat) | |||||||||
- Not to be confused with Diospolis Magna.
Diospolis Parva also Diopolis Superior (Egyptian: Hut-Seshesh, modern: Hu) is an Ancient Egyptian city on the west bank of the Nile, located in Upper Egypt. It functioned as the provincial capital city of Seshesh, the seventh nome of Upper Egypt.
The Ptolemaic name for the city was Diospolis and the attributes Parva or Superior were used to distiguish it from two other Egyptian cities with the same name. Parva ("Little") is used in comparison with Thebes, also known as Diospolis Magna ("Great"). The attribute Superior ("Upper") is used in comparison with Diospolis Inferior ("Lower"), which is situated in Lower Egypt.
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References[]
- ↑ Rosalind & Janssen 1996.
Bibliography[]
- Rosalind, M./Janssen, J.J., 1996: Getting Old in Ancient Egypt. Rubicon Press, London.