Ta-Seti
Ta-Seti (Land of the bow, also Ta Khentit, Borderland) was the first nome (administrative division) of Upper Egypt, one of 42 nomoi in Ancient Egypt.[1][2][3][4][5][6] Ta-Seti also marked the border area towards Nubia.
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| Ta-Seti in hieroglyphs |
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Geography
The area of the district was about 2 cha-ta (about 5.5 hectare / 4.8 acres; 1 cha-ta equals roughly 2.75 hectare / 2.4 acres) and about 10,5 iteru (about 112 km / 69,6 miles, 1 iteru equals roughly 10,5 km / 6.2 miles) in length.[7]
The Niwt (main city) was Abu / Elephantine (part of modern Aswan) and among other cities were P'aaleq / Philae (modern Philae), Sunet / Syene (modern Aswan) and Pa-Sebek / Omboi (modern Kom Ombo).[2][3][4][5][6]
History
Every nome was ruled by a nomarch (provincial governor) who answered directly to the pharaoh.[2][3][4][5]
Every niwt had a Het net (temple) dedicated to the chief deity and a Heqa het (nomarchs residence).[1]
The district's main deity was Horus and among others major deities were Anuket, Arensnuphis, Hathor, Isis, Khnum, Mandulis, Satet and Sobek.[2][3][4][5][6] Today the area is part of the Aswan Governorate.
People
The Ta-Seti people and their identity is still trying to be deciphered. Today from what is known they are believed to have spoken a Nilo-Saharan language.[8]
References
- 1 2 , Egypt Ancient.net, accessdate=2010-07-14
- 1 2 3 4 , Egypt tourist authority, accessdate=2010-07-14
- 1 2 3 4 , Anciet Egyptian religion, Philae.net, accessdate=2010-07-14
- 1 2 3 4 , Reshafim.org, accessdate=2010-07-14
- 1 2 3 4 , Aldokan.com, accessdate=2010-07-14
- 1 2 3 , Digital Egypt for Universities, accessdate=2010-07-14
- ↑ , Faszination Ägypten (in German), accessdate=2010-07-14
- ↑ Christopher Ehret, The Civilizations of Africa: A History to 1800, University Press of Virginia, 2002.
- Helck, Wolfgang; Westendorf, Wolfhart: Lexikon der Ägyptologie. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz 1977. ISBN 3-447-01876-3
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