A Nome (from Ancient Greek: νομός, nomós, "district") was a territorial division in ancient Egypt. The Ancient Egyptian term was spꜣt. Nomes were a type of administrative division - the equivalent of a county's districts in our modern terms - that was managed for the Pharaoh by a local governor, called a Nomarch. The number of nomes changed through the various periods of the history of ancient Egypt.
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List of Nomes[]
Upper Egyptian nomes and their capitals[]
| Number | Nome | Capital | Main deities |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |  "Land of the Bow" |
Abu Elephantine |
Khnum |
| 2 |  "Throne of Horus" |
Behdet Apollonopolis Magna (Edfu) |
Horus |
| 3 |  "Shrine" |
Nekhen Hierakonpolis (Kom el-Ahmar) |
Horus (Nekheni), Nekhbet |
| 4 |   "Was-Sceptre" |
Waset Thebes (Luxor) |
Amun |
| 5 |   "Two Falcons" |
Gebtu Coptos (Qift) |
Min |
| 6 |   "Crocodile" |
Iunet Tentyris (Dendera) |
Hathor |
| 7 |   "Sistrum" |
Hut-Seshesh Diospolis Parva (Hu) |
Hathor (Bat) |
| 8 |   "Great Land" |
Abdju Abydos (el-Araba el-Madfuna) |
Osiris, Onuris |
| 9 |   "Min" |
Ipu Panopolis (Akhmim) |
Min |
| 10 |   "Wadjet" |
Tjebu Antaeopolis (Qaw el-Kebir) |
Nemty |
| 11 |   "Set" |
Shashotep Hypselis (Shutb) |
Khnum |
| 12 |   "Viper Mountain" |
Per-Nemty Hierakon (el-Atawla) |
Horus |
| 13 |   "Upper Sycamore and Viper" |
Zawty Lycopolis (Asyut) |
Ophois |
| 14 |   "Lower Sycamore and Viper" |
Qis Cusae (el-Qusiya) |
Hathor |
| 15 |   "Hare" |
Khmun Hermopolis Magna (el-Ashmunein) |
Thoth |
| 16 |   "Oryx" |
Menat-Khufu (el-Minya) |
Horus |
| 17 |   "Anubis" |
Saka Cynopolis (el-Qais) |
Anubis |
| 18 |   "Nemty" |
Tayu-Djayet Ankyronpolis (el-Hiba) |
Horus, Nemty |
| 19 |   "Two Sceptres" |
Per-Medjed Oxyrhynchus (el-Bahnasa) |
Set |
| 20 |   "Upper Sycamore" |
Hutnesut Heracleopolis Magna (Ihnasiya el-Medina) |
Harsaphes |
| 21 |   "Lower Sycamore" |
Shedet Crocodilopolis (Medinet el-Faiyum) |
Sobek |
| 22 |   "Knife" |
Tepihu Aphroditopolis (Atfih) |
Hathor |
Lower Egyptian nomes and their capitals[]
| Number | Nome | Capital | Main deities |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |   "White Walls" |
Mennefer Memphis (Mit Rahina) |
Ptah |
| 2 |   "Foreleg" |
Khem Letopolis (Ausim) |
Horus |
| 3 |   "West" |
Imau Momemphis (Kom el-Hisn) |
Hathor |
| 4 |   "Upper Shield" |
Djekaper Nikiou (Zawyet Razin) |
Neith |
| 5 |   "Lower Shield" |
Zau Sais (Sa el-Hagar) |
Neith |
| 6 |   "Mountain Bull" |
Khasu Xois (Sakha) |
Amun |
| 7 |   "Western Harpoon" |
Demyenhor Hermopolis Mikra (Damanhur) |
Horus |
| 8 |   "Eastern Harpoon" |
Per-Atum Pithom (Tell el-Maskhuta) |
Atum |
| 9 |   "He of Andjet" |
Andjet Busiris (Abusir Bana) |
Osiris (Andjeti) |
| 10 |   "Black Bull" |
Huttaherib Athribis (Tell el-Atrib) |
Horus |
| 11 |   "Heseb Bull" |
Taremu Leontopolis (Tell el-Muqdam) |
Isis |
| 12 |   "Bull and Calf" |
Tjebnetjer Sebennytos (Samannud) |
Onuris |
| 13 |   "Prospering Sceptre" |
Iunu Heliopolis (Cairo) |
Ra |
| 14 |   "Eastmost" |
Tjaru Sile (Tell Habua) |
Horus |
| 15 |   "Ibis" |
Per-Djehuty Hermopolis Parva (Tell el-Naqus) |
Thoth |
| 16 |   "Foremost of Fish" |
Djedet Mendes (Tell el-Rub'a) |
Banebdjedet, Hatmehit |
| 17 |   "Throne" |
Semabehdet Diospolis Inferior (Tell el-Balamun) |
Amun |
| 18 |   "Upper Prince" |
Per-Bastet Bubastis (Tell Bastah) |
Bast |
| 19 |   "Lower Prince" |
Djanet Tanis (San el-Hagar) |
Wadjet |
| 20 |   "Plumed Falcon" |
Per-Sopdu Persopothis (Saft el-Hinna) |
Sopdu |
