Upper Egypt province ('nome') 1

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Deity recorded on the White Chapel: Horus

Note: the main deities associated with this province are the goddess Satet, perhaps the original deity on the island of Elephantine, the goddess Anuqet, a goddess worshipped in later times on the island and in the north of the province, and the god Khnum, whose cult on Elephantine probably postdates that of Satet

At Kom Ombo the principal deity was the god Sobek; as a crocodile god he was balanced at the same site by the god of order and kingship, Horus

Main cities in the province, with evidence for temples:

Abu (Greek Elephantine)

• temple of Khnum, mainly destroyed, some hard stone blocks of 4th C BC
• temple of Satet (remains excavated to predynastic levels; 18th Dynasty temple reconstructed from reused blocks)
• peripteral temple of Amenhotep III (demolished in early 19th C)

Sunet (Greek Syene, Arabic Aswan)

• temple of Isis

Nubyt (Arabic Kom Ombo)

• temple of Sobek with Horus (Ptolemaic temple, half still well-preserved)

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