Hebenu
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 | ||||||||||||
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Ḥbnw | ||||||||||||
Hebenu | |
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  Hebenu Location in Egypt | |
| Coordinates: 28°03′N 30°50′E | |
| Country |  |
| Governorate | Minya Governorate |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EST) |
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
- Vygus, Mark. Middle Egyptian Dictionary. p. 2266.
- Gauthier, Henri (1927). Dictionnaire des Noms Géographiques Contenus dans les Textes Hiéroglyphiques Vol .4. p. 25.
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