Athribis (Upper Egypt)

Athribis (Upper Egypt)

Athribis (Greek: polytonic|Ἄθλιβις), also known to the ancient Greeks as Triphieion or Tripheion, and to the ancient Egyptians as Hut-Repyt, was an ancient city of Egypt, in the Panopolite nome. The modern village of Wannina, in the Sohag Governorate, is situated at its place. It is some 10 Km southwest of the city of Akhmim, on the west bank of the Nile.

The city is the site of a temple built for the goddess Repyt (Triphis) by Ptolemy XV Caesarion and subsequent Roman Emperors. South of this temple was an earlier temple of Ptolemy IX Soter II. One of the tombs nearby, belonging to the brothers Ibpemeny "the younger" and Pemehyt of the late second century BC, has two zodiacs on its ceiling.

References

*Richard Talbert, Barrington Atlas of the Greek and Roman World, (ISBN 0-691-03169-X), p. 77.

ee also

* Athribis, for the ancient city called Athriabis in Lower Egypt.


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