Sega (Upper Egypt)
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Sega or Shai-Sega (meaning Meadows of Sega) was an
10th Dynasty in Heracleopolis Magna
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Siege by Ankhtifi
In his tomb, Ankhtifi recalls siding with Heracleopolitan kings by initiating a campaign against a coalition of
Coptos (4th and 5th Upper Egyptian nomes respectively). Sailing downstream from Hefat (modern day El-Mo'alla), he claims finding no resistance from the Thebans in a fortress called Semekhsen near modern-day Armant. He then sails further downstream, where he claims that residents of a town called Shai-Sega have bolted its door bolts, in fear of Ankhtifi. He decides to lay siege on the town.[2]
Location
The town's only attestation hitherto comes from the tomb of Ankhtifi and it is not mentioned in other periods of ancient Egyptian history, rendering it a lost city.[3] Some Egyptologists place it south of the modern day village of Khuzam, 17 km (11 mi) north of Luxor.[1]
See also
- Ankhtifi
- El-Mo'alla
- First Intermediate Period of Egypt
Bibliography
- Vandier, Jacques. Mo’alla: La tombe d’Ankhtifi et la tombe de Sébekhotep. Institut Francais d’Archéologie Orientale, Cairo, 1950.
References
- ^ ISBN 3-8053-1771-9.
- ISBN 9780642296801.
- ^ Vandier, Jacques. Mo’alla, p. 30
External links
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