Hiw (Egypt)
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Name (Hebrew)
הו (מצרים)
Name (Latin)
Hiw (Egypt)
Other forms of name
Diospolis Mikra (Egypt)
Diospolis Parva (Egypt)
Hiu (Egypt)
Hu (Egypt)
Hut (Egypt)
Hut-Sekhen (Egypt)
Coordinates
32.28333333 32.28333333 26.01666667 26.01666667 (gooearth )
Associated country
Egypt
MARC
MARC
Sources of Information
- Ein spatantikes Wirtschaftsbuch aus Diospolis Parva, 2002:t.p. (Diospolis Parva)
- GEOnet, Apr. 11, 2005:(Hiw, ppl, 2501' 05" N 03216'45" E, var. Diospolis Parva, Diospolis Mikra)
- Baines. Atlas of Ancient Egypt, 1980:p. 234 (Hiw, Diospolis Parva, Hut, Hut-Sekhem)
- Lippincott:(Hiw or Hu, anc. Diospolis Parva)
Wikipedia description:
Hu, Huw or Hiw (Arabic: هُو, Coptic: ϩⲱ, ϩⲟⲩ) is the modern name of an Egyptian town on the Nile, which in more ancient times was the capital of the 7th Nome of Upper Egypt. The nome was referred to as Sesheshet (Sistrum). The main city was referred to as Hu(t)-sekhem (Ancient Egyptian: Ḥw.t-Sḫm), which became abbreviated as Hu. This led to the Arabic name Huw. In Ptolemaic times the city was called Diospolis Mikra (Ancient Greek: Διὸς πόλις Μικρά, lit. 'lesser city of Zeus'; Latin: Diospolis Parva) in comparison with Thebes, Egypt, known as Diospolis Megale, "greater city of Zeus". It also was called Diospolis Superior (Upper Zeus-City), in comparison with Diospolis Inferior (Lower Zeus-City) in the Nile Delta.
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