Athribis (Upper Egypt) Explained

Athribis
Other Name:Arabic: أدريبة
Native Name:Coptic: ⲁⲧⲣⲉⲡⲉ
Coptic: ⲁⲑⲣⲏⲃⲓ
Pushpin Map:Egypt
Pushpin Label Position:bottom
Pushpin Mapsize:300
Pushpin Map Caption:Location in Egypt
Subdivision Type:Country
Subdivision Name: Egypt
Subdivision Type1:Governorate
Subdivision Name1:Sohag
Unit Pref:Imperial
Population Blank1 Title:Ethnicities
Utc Offset:+2
Timezone Dst:+3
Coordinates:26.5114°N 31.6653°W

Athribis (Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: Ἄθλιβις; Coptic: ⲁⲧⲣⲉⲡⲉ or ⲁⲑⲣⲏⲃⲓ), also known to the ancient Greeks as Triphieion or Tripheion, and to the ancient Egyptians as Hut-Repyt, was an ancient city of Egypt, in the Panopolite nome. The modern villages of Wannina and Nag' Hamad in the Sohag Governorate are situated nearby. It is located some NaN0NaN0 southwest of the city of Akhmim and about NaN0NaN0 south of the White Monastery, on the west bank of the Nile.

Overview

The city is the site of a temple built for the goddess Repyt (Triphis) by Ptolemy XV Caesarion and subsequent Roman Emperors. South of this temple was an earlier temple of Ptolemy IX Soter II. One of the tombs nearby, belonging to the brothers Ibpemeny "the younger" and Pemehyt of the late 2nd century BC, has two zodiacs on its ceiling.

In 2021, archaeologists discovered 13,000 ostraca in Demotic (Egyptian), Hieratic, Coptic, Greek and Arabic with financial transactions.[1]

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26.5114°N 31.6653°W

Notes and References

  1. https://english.ahram.org.eg/News/446523.aspx Cache of 13,000 ostraca unearthed in Upper Egypt's Sohag