Samannud

Coordinates: 30°58′N 31°15′E / 30.967°N 31.250°E / 30.967; 31.250
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Samannud
سمنود
Sebennytos
UTC+2 (EST
)
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or
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ṯb-nṯr[2][3]
in hieroglyphs
Late Period

(664–332 BC)

Samannud (

Arabic: سمنود Samannūd) is a city (markaz) located in Gharbia Governorate, Egypt. Known in classical antiquity as Sebennytos (Greek: Σεβέννυτος), Samannud is a historic city that has been inhabited since the Ancient Egyptian period. As of 2019, the population of the markaz of Samannud was estimated to be 410,388, with 83,417 people living in urban areas and 326,971 in rural areas.[1]

Etymology

The place known in

Egyptian Arabic: سمنود [sæmænˈnuːd]
, was historically called Sebennytos or Sebennytus.

  • Coptic: ϫⲉⲙⲛⲟⲩϯ, and ϫⲉⲃⲉⲛⲟⲩⲧⲉ,[4] Coptic pronunciation: [ʃæmˈnudi, ʃæβæˈnudæ]
  • Late Coptic: ⲥⲉⲃⲉⲛⲛⲏⲧⲟⲩ and ⲥⲉⲃⲉⲛⲛⲉⲧⲟⲩ,[3] [sæβænˈnidu, sæβænˈnædu]
  • Ancient Greek: Σεβέννυτος and Σεβέννυς[5][3] or ἡ Σεβεννυτικὴ πόλις[6]
  • Egyptian: ṯb-(n)-nṯr)

The name Samannud ultimately derives from the Ancient Egyptian name ṯb-(n)-nṯr, meaning "city of the sacred calf".[7] The name was probably pronounced */ˌcabˈnaːcar/ in Old Egyptian and */ˌcəbˈnuːtə/ or */ˌcəbənˈnuːtə/ in Late Egyptian.[8]

Ancient history

Samannud (Sebennytos) was an ancient city of Lower Egypt, located on the now-silted up Sebennytic branch of the Nile in the Delta. Sebennytos was the capital of Lower Egypt's twelfth nome—the Sebennyte nome (district). Sebennytos was also the seat of the Thirtieth Dynasty of Egypt (380–343 BCE).[9][10][11][12]

Sebennytos is perhaps best known as the hometown of

chronicler from the Ptolemaic era, c. 3rd century BC. Sebennytos was also the hometown of Nectanebo II; he was its last ruler.[13]

A temple dedicated to the local god Anhur, or Anhur-Shu, and his lioness goddess mate Mehit, once existed at this location but is now reduced to ruins. A fragment from the location where kings would have made offerings to Anhur and his wife, is on display at the Walters Art Museum.[14]

Modern history

Samannud violently resisted the

Coptic Patriarchs came from Samannud: John III, Cosmas II, and John V. The 12th-century Coptic philologist Yuhanna al-Samannudi also came from Samannud, and served as its bishop.[15]

Historical population
YearPop.±%
1996 249,672—    
2006 298,166+19.4%
2019 410,388+37.6%
Source: Citypopulation.de[1]

Samannud's bishopric remained active through the late thirteenth century, indicating the presence of a large Christian population at the time.[16]

In 1843,

bazaars of the large towns of Egypt, and famous for its pottery, which was sent to Cairo.[17]

The 1885 Census of Egypt recorded Samannud as a city in its own district in Gharbia Governorate; at that time, the population of the city was 11,550 (5,686 men and 5,864 women).[18]

In religious traditions

In a Coptic tradition, Sebennytos was part of the route of the Holy Family during the flight into Egypt narrated in the Gospel of Matthew (2:13–23).[19]

Gallery

  • Archeological findings from Sebennytos
    Archeological findings from Sebennytos
  • Sidi Salama minaret
    Sidi Salama minaret
  • Church of the Holy Virgin and Apanoub
    Church of the Holy Virgin and Apanoub
  • Mitwally minaret
    Mitwally minaret
  • Ghoneim Palace
    Ghoneim Palace
  • Ibrahim Sirag el-Din Hammam
    Ibrahim Sirag el-Din Hammam
  • Qubba Darihiya
    Qubba Darihiya

See also

Preceded by Historical capital of Egypt
380 – 332 BC 		Succeeded by

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Samannūd (Markaz, Egypt)". Citypopulation.de. Retrieved 20 June 2020.
  2. ^ Wallis Budge, E. A. (1920). An Egyptian hieroglyphic dictionary: with an index of English words, king list and geological list with indexes, list of hieroglyphic characters, coptic and semitic alphabets, etc. Vol II. John Murray. p. 1059.
  3. ^ a b c Gauthier, Henri (1929). Dictionnaire des Noms Géographiques Contenus dans les Textes Hiéroglyphiques Vol .6. p. 74.
  4. ^ "أسماء بعض البلاد المصرية بالقبطية - كتاب لغتنا القبطية المصرية | St-Takla.org". st-takla.org.
  5. ^ Ptolemy iv. 5. § 50, Stephanus of Byzantium
  6. ^ Strabo xvii. p. 802
  7. ISBN 9004095012
    . Retrieved 22 June 2020.
  8. ISBN 0-521-44384-9
    , p. 34
  9. ISBN 9780761478775
    .
  10. Harper and Brothers
    .
  11. ^ Smith, William (1858). Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. Retrieved 29 March 2020.
  12. ^ Cooper, William Ricketts (1876). An Archaic Dictionary: Biographical, Historical, and Mythological: From the Egyptian, Assyrian, and Etruscan Monuments and Papyri. S. Bagster and Sons. p. 496.
  13. ^ Bill Manley, The Seventy Great Mysteries of Ancient Egypt" Thames & Hudson Ltd, 2003. p.101
  14. ISBN 978-0-7524-9502-6
    .
  15. ISBN 978-1617977800
    . Retrieved 22 June 2020.
  16. ISBN 978-1617977800
    . Retrieved 24 June 2020.
  17. ^ Wilkinson, John Gardner (1843). Modern Egypt and Thebes: Being a Description of Egypt, Including the Information Required for Travellers in that Country. John Murray. p. 432.
  18. ^ Egypt min. of finance, census dept (1885). Recensement général de l'Égypte. p. 288. Retrieved 21 June 2020.
  19. ^ "The Holy Family at Meniet Samanoud". Tour Egypt. Archived from the original on 12 September 2016. Retrieved 6 November 2016.

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