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Sidfa
صدفا | |
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Coordinates: 26°57′55″N 31°22′51″E / 26.96528°N 31.38083°ECoordinates: 26°57′55″N 31°22′51″E / 26.96528°N 31.38083°E | |
Country | ![]() |
Governorate | Asyut |
Time zone | UTC+2 (EST) |
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ḥt sḥtp[1][2] | ||||
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Era: Ptolemaic dynasty (305–30 BC) | ||||
Egyptian hieroglyphs |
Sidfa (Arabic: صدفا, from Ancient Egyptian: ḥw.t-sḥtp.t[3]) is a town in Egypt.[4] It is located near the city of Abnub in the Asyut Governorate. It was known in antiquity by the Greeks as Hisopis.[2]
See also
References
- ^ Gauthier, Henri (1927). Dictionnaire des Noms Géographiques Contenus dans les Textes Hiéroglyphiques Vol. 4. p. 128.
- ^ a b Brugsch, Heinrich (1879). Dictionnaire géographique de l'ancienne Egypte: contenant par ordre alphabétique la nomenclature comparée des noms propres géographiques qui se rencontrent sur les monuments et dans les papyrus. J. C. Hinrichs. pp. 735–736.
- ^ Peust, Carsten. "Die Toponyme vorarabischen Ursprungs im modernen Ägypten" (PDF). p. 85.
- ^ Buhūth Al-Qāhirah Fī Alʾulūm Al-ijtimaʾīyah. American University in Cairo. 1982.
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