Inebu-hedj
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
[edit]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.
History
[edit]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[update],the area is part of theCairo Governorate.
References
[edit]- ^ab"The nomoi".Archived fromthe originalon 2010-12-09.Retrieved2010-07-25.,Egypt Ancient.net, accessdate=2010-07-14
- ^abcd[1],Egypt tourist authority, accessdate=2010-07-14
- ^abcd"Nomes, Provinces of Ancient Egypt".Archived fromthe originalon 2010-06-02.Retrieved2010-07-25.,Ancient Egyptian religion, Philae.net, accessdate=2010-07-14
- ^abcd[2],Reshafim.org, accessdate=2010-07-14
- ^abcd[3],Aldokan.com, accessdate=2010-07-14
- ^abc[4],Digital Egypt for Universities, accessdate=2010-07-14
- ^"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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