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.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Per-Amun canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (34)

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 ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

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

Pelusium → knownAs → Per-Amun ⓘ