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Inebu-hedj

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Inebu-hedj, nome 1 at the "White Chapel"inKarnak

Inebu-hedj(White Walls,alsoInbu-Hedj,White fortress) was one of 42nomes(administrative division) inAncient Egypt.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

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Geography

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Northern Ancient Egypt was known asmḥw,which means "north".[7]Inebu-hedj was one of the 20 nomes inLower Egyptand it was designated as district number 1, the primary district.

TheNiwt(main city) wasMeneferorMemphis(part of modernMit Rahina).[2][3][4][5][6]Saqqarawas among the other cities of the region.

Map of all nomes in Lower Egypt

History

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Every nome was ruled by anomarch(provincial governor) who answered directly to theking.[2][3][4][5]

Everyniwthad aHut netjer(temple) dedicated to the chiefdeityas well as aHeqa hut(nomarch's residence).[1]

The main deity of the district wasHorus.Apis,Hathor,Isis,Nefertem,Ptah,Seker,andSekhmetwere among others worshiped as major deities in the nome.[2][3][4][5][6]

As of 2017,the area is part of theCairo Governorate.

References

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  1. ^ab"The nomoi".Archived fromthe originalon 2010-12-09.Retrieved2010-07-25.,Egypt Ancient.net, accessdate=2010-07-14
  2. ^abcd[1],Egypt tourist authority, accessdate=2010-07-14
  3. ^abcd"Nomes, Provinces of Ancient Egypt".Archived fromthe originalon 2010-06-02.Retrieved2010-07-25.,Ancient Egyptian religion, Philae.net, accessdate=2010-07-14
  4. ^abcd[2],Reshafim.org, accessdate=2010-07-14
  5. ^abcd[3],Aldokan.com, accessdate=2010-07-14
  6. ^abc[4],Digital Egypt for Universities, accessdate=2010-07-14
  7. ^"TM Places".www.trismegistos.org.Retrieved2019-11-16.
  • Helck, Wolfgang; Westendorf, Wolfhart:Lexikon der Ägyptologie.Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz 1977.ISBN3-447-01876-3
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