Lexitechnia

Continued from Monday’s post.

So half the hard part about these nome names is that the data I collected is in somewhat of a disorganized form. Rather—to look at it more positively—it’s organized in too many different ways. I had one file where the few data I was absolutely certain of were marked in green, and the ones I was entirely doubtful of were bracketed. And then I had a half-written blog post, and I forget which one took precedence over the other.

Ah well. To continue:

VI

Nome

• Egyptian: kꜣ ḏw (Kadju, “Mountain bull”)
• Greek: νομὸς Ξοΐτης (nomos XoïtÄ“s, “Xoïte nome”)

Capital

• Egyptian: ḫ(ꜣ)sw(w)(t) [?] (Kh(a)su(u)(t)) [?]
• Greek: Ξόϊς (Xoïs)
• Nearest modern city: Xois (Sakha)

At least one source I found ignores the phonetic resemblance of ḫsw- = Ξο- and identifies this nome with the Gynaecopolite instead.

VII

Nome

• Egyptian: wꜥ iÒ†mnty (Wa Imenti, “West harpoon”)
• Greek: νομὸς Μετηλίτης (nomos MetÄ“litÄ“s, “Metelite nome”)

Capital

• Egyptian: ??? (Senti-nefer(t))
• Greek: Μέτηλις ? (Metelis)
• Nearest modern city: Damanhur

VIII

Nome

• Egyptian: wꜥ iÒ†bty (Wa Ibti, “East harpoon”)
• Greek: νομὸς Ἡρωοπολίτης/Σεθροείτης/Σεθρωίτης (nomos HerōopolitÄ“s/SethroÄ«tÄ“s/SethrōitÄ“s, “Heroopolite/Sethroite nome”) [?]

Capital

• Egyptian: pr-(iÒ†)tm(w) (Per Atmu / Per Tem) [?]
• Greek: Ἡρώων πόλις (Herōōn polis, “Heroopolis”) [?]
• Nearest modern city: Pithom [?]

IX

Nome

• Egyptian: ꜥnḏty (Andjeti)
• Greek: νομὸς Βουσιρίτης (nomos BÅ«siritÄ“s, “Busirite nome”)

Capital

• Egyptian: pr-wsyr (Per Usir)
• Greek: Βούσιρις (BÅ«siris)
• Nearest modern city: Abu Sir Bana

X

Nome

• Egyptian: kꜣ km (Ka Kem, “black bull”)
• Greek: νομὸς Ἀθριβίτης (nomos AthribitÄ“s, “Athribite nome”)

Capital

• Egyptian: ḥwt-ḥry-ib (Hut-heri-ib)
• Greek: Ἄθριβις (Athribis)
• Nearest modern city: Banha