Upper Egypt province ('nome') 4

Symbol:

Deity recorded on the White Chapel: Mont

Main cities in the province, with evidence for temples:

Perhathor (Greek Pathyris, Arabic Gebelein)

• temple of Hathor (destroyed in antiquitiy, excavations not recorded)

Imiotru (Arabic Rizeiqat)

• temple of Sobek (destroyed in antiquity, sculpture retrieved in 1960s)

Iuny (Greek Hermonthis, Arabic Armant)

• temple of Mont (part of lower courses of New Kingdom (about 1550-1069 BC) temple survive; Ptolemaic temple buildings demolished in early 19th C)

Djerty (Arabic Tod)

• temple of Mont (part of Ptolemaic temple survives, incorporating earlier wall)

Waset (Greek Thebes, Arabic Qurneh for West Bank, Luxor and Karnak for East Bank)

• temple complex of Amun at Karnak (sandstone and hard stone elements preserved)
• temple complex of Mut at Karnak South (much destroyed in antiquity)
• temple of Khons in the Amun temple complex at Karnak (Dynasty 20, 21 intact)
• temples to the cults of individual kings on West Bank: those of Hatshepsut, Sety I, Ramesses II, and Ramesses III substantially preserved, those of other rulers destroyed in antiquity

Madu (Arabic Medamud)

• temple of Mont (parts of Ptolemaic structure preserved)

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