Lower Egyptian nome 8

Lower Egypt province ('nome') 8

Symbol:

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:

Peratum (Biblical Pithom, Arabic Tell al-Maskhuta)

temple of Atum (foundations, blocks)

The site at Tell al-Maskhuta represents a shift in the Late Period from the more westerly site of Tell al-Retaba, where there remain blocks from a D19 temple of Atum

At Tell al-Maskhuta, a sistrum fragment was found invoking Atum and Horus-Sematawy

Details of provinces:

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