Hebenu

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Hebenu
Hebenu is located in Egypt
Hebenu
Hebenu
Location in Egypt
Coordinates: 28°03′N 30°50′E / 28.050°N 30.833°E / 28.050; 30.833
Country Egypt
GovernorateMinya Governorate
Time zoneUTC+2 (EST)

Hebenu is an ancient Egyptian city. It was the early capital of the 16th Upper Egyptian Nome. The modern village of Kom el Ahmar (Minya Governorate) is built on the site where the ancient city stood.

Hebenu in hieroglyphs
HbN35
W24 V1		 O49

or
V28D58N35
W24		 G43O49

Ḥbnw
to pierce (triumph?)
[1][2]

See also[]

Literature[]

  • Hans Bonnet: Hebenu in: Lexikon der ägyptischen Religionsgeschichte. Hamburg 2000, ISBN 3-937872-08-6, p. 284. (in German)
  • Farouk Gomaa: Die Besiedlung Ägyptens während des Mittleren Reiches, 1. Oberägypten und das Fayyum. Wiesbaden 1986, ISBN 3-88226-279-6, p. 319–321. (in German)
  • Rainer Hannig: Großes Handwörterbuch Ägyptisch-Deutsch: (2800-950 v. Chr.). By Zabern, Mainz 2006, ISBN 3-8053-1771-9, p. 1172. (in German)

References[]

  1. ^ Vygus, Mark. Middle Egyptian Dictionary. p. 2266.
  2. ^ Gauthier, Henri (1927). Dictionnaire des Noms Géographiques Contenus dans les Textes Hiéroglyphiques Vol .4. p. 25.

Coordinates: 28°03′N 30°50′E / 28.050°N 30.833°E / 28.050; 30.833

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