Hypselis

Coordinates: 27°08′38″N 31°14′17″E / 27.1440°N 31.2380°E / 27.1440; 31.2380
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Hypselis
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Hypselis is located in Egypt
Hypselis
Shown within Egypt
Alternative nameShashotep
LocationAsyut Governorate, Egypt
Coordinates27°08′38″N 31°14′17″E / 27.1440°N 31.2380°E / 27.1440; 31.2380
TypeSettlement

Hypselis or Hypsela (

bishopric, which was located near the modern town of Shutb (or ash-Shatb, Chutb) in the Asyut Governorate
.

History

Antiquity

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šꜣs ḥtp[3][4]
in hieroglyphs
Era: Middle Kingdom
(2055–1650 BC)

Shashotep is first mentioned in texts dating back to the

First Intermediate Period. During the subsequent Middle Kingdom it was the main town of the 11th Upper Egyptian nome.[5] The main deity of ancient Shashotep was Khnum, who was sometimes called "Lord of Shashotep".[6] The cemeteries near the modern place Rifeh, once belonged to the town.[5][6] Later, the city became known by the Greeks as Hypselis.[5][6]

Titular see

During

Titular bishopric by the names of Hypselis / Ipseli. It is vacant since 1997, following the death of its last bishop, Jesús Serrano Pastor.[7]

See also

References

  1. ^ Gauthier, Henri (1929). Dictionnaire des Noms Géographiques Contenus dans les Textes Hiéroglyphiques [Dictionary of Geographical Names Contained in Hieroglyphic Texts]. Vol. 6. Cairo: Société Royale de Géographie D'Égypte. pp. 107–108, 152.
  2. ^ Todri, A. Pauline (2012). "أسماء بعض البلاد المصرية بالقبطية" [The names of some Egyptian countries in Coptic]. st-takla.org (in Arabic). Retrieved 2022-11-26.
  3. ^ Gauthier, Henri (1928). Dictionnaire des Noms Géographiques Contenus dans les Textes Hiéroglyphiques [Dictionary of Geographical Names Contained in Hieroglyphic Texts]. Vol. 5. Cairo: Société Royale de Géographie D'Égypte. pp. 107–108, 152.
  4. ^ Budge, E. A. Wallis (1920). An Egyptian hieroglyphic dictionary. Vol. 2. London: John Murray. p. 1037.
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27°08′38″N 31°14′17″E / 27.1440°N 31.2380°E / 27.1440; 31.2380