Per-Amun

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Per-Amun is the ancient Egyptian name for Pelusium, a prominent frontier city in the eastern Nile Delta that served as a key military and trade gateway between Egypt and the Near East.

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Per-Amun canonical 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Egyptian city
historical place
associatedWithDeity Amun
bordered Sinai Peninsula
connectedTo routes to Sinai
routes to the Levant
functionedAs frontier city
military gateway between Egypt and the Near East
trade gateway between Egypt and the Near East
hasModernSiteNear Tell el-Farama
hasNameInGreek Pelousion
linked to: Esna
hasNameInLatin Pelusium
historicalRole entry point for foreign invasions into Egypt
exit point for Egyptian campaigns into Asia
knownFor role in Egyptian border defense
role in Egyptian–Near Eastern trade
languageOfName ancient Egyptian
locatedIn eastern Nile Delta
linked to: Nile Delta
locatedInCountry ancient Egypt
linked to: Pharaonic Egypt
locatedNear Mediterranean Sea
easternmost branch of the Nile
nameMeaning House of Amun
linked to: City of Amun
partOf Nile Delta region
linked to: Nile Delta
region eastern Delta frontier
servedAs customs and trade checkpoint
staging point for armies entering or leaving Egypt
strategicImportance controlled land routes between Egypt and the Levant
guarded Egypt’s northeastern border
timePeriod Late Period of ancient Egypt
Pharaonic period
linked to: Pharaonic Egypt

Ptolemaic period
linked to: Ptolemaic Kingdom

Roman period
linked to: Roman Antiquity
usedBy Egyptian military
Near Eastern merchants

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Pelusium knownAs Per-Amun