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Lower Egypt province ('nome') 7

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Deity recorded on the White Chapel: 'harpoon with cord' inscribed across provinces 7 and 8

 

Note that Lower Egypt provinces 7 and 8, respectively the western and eastern margins of the Delta, shared the name 'harpoon with cord' - province 7 was called 'west half', province 8 'east half'

 

Main cities in the province, with evidence for temples:

This is the area of the modern city of Damanhur, densely populated and little known archaeologically

 

Details of provinces:

Upper Egypt

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