White Walls

E158615

White Walls is the English meaning of the ancient Egyptian name "Ineb-hedj," traditionally associated with the early capital city of Memphis.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
White Walls canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (30)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient city ⓘ
historical place name ⓘ
hasAlternativeTransliteration Ineb-hedj ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalSiteNear Mit Rahina ⓘ
Saqqara ⓘ
linked to: Saqqara necropolis
hasCulturalContext Ancient Egyptian civilization ⓘ
linked to: Pharaonic Egypt
hasEnglishName White Walls ⓘ
hasEtymology name likely refers to white-walled enclosure or fortress ⓘ
hasLanguageOfOriginalName Ancient Egyptian ⓘ
hasNameMeaning White Walls ⓘ
hasOriginalName Ineb-hedj ⓘ
hasRegion Memphite region ⓘ
linked to: Lower Egypt
hasRole administrative center of early Egyptian state ⓘ
political center of early unified Egypt ⓘ
isAssociatedWith Memphis ⓘ
isAssociatedWithDynasty 1st Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ
2nd Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ
isAssociatedWithPeriod Early Dynastic Period of Egypt ⓘ
isAssociatedWithRuler Menes ⓘ
linked to: Narmer

Narmer ⓘ
isEarlyNameOf Memphis ⓘ
isKnownFrom later historical traditions about Memphis ⓘ
isLocatedIn Lower Egypt ⓘ
isLocatedNear Modern Cairo region ⓘ
Nile River ⓘ
linked to: Nile

West bank of the Nile ⓘ
isMeaningOf Ineb-hedj ⓘ
isMentionedIn ancient Egyptian textual sources ⓘ
isPartOf Memphis urban area ⓘ
servedAs capital of ancient Egypt ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ineb-hedj → hasNameMeaning → White Walls ⓘ
White Walls → hasEnglishName → White Walls ⓘ
White Walls → hasNameMeaning → White Walls ⓘ