Hermopolis

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Hermopolis was an ancient Egyptian city renowned as the principal cult center of the god Thoth, associated with wisdom, writing, and the moon.

All labels observed (5)

Label Occurrences
Hermopolis canonical 25
Hermopolis Magna 9
Hermopolis nome 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Egyptian city ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ
ancientName Khemenu ⓘ
Khmun ⓘ
Khmunu ⓘ
linked to: Khnum
archaeologicalRemains Christian basilicas ⓘ
colonnades ⓘ
temple ruins ⓘ
associatedDeity Hermes ⓘ
associatedWith the moon ⓘ
wisdom ⓘ
writing ⓘ
country Egypt ⓘ
cultCenterOf Thoth ⓘ
deitiesVenerated Ogdoad of Hermopolis ⓘ
linked to: Hermopolitan Ogdoad

Thoth ⓘ
flourishedDuring Late Period of Egypt ⓘ
Middle Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ
New Kingdom of Egypt ⓘ
Ptolemaic period ⓘ
linked to: Ptolemaic Kingdom

Roman period in Egypt ⓘ
function administrative center of its nome ⓘ
religious center ⓘ
governorate Minya Governorate ⓘ
greekName Hermopolis ⓘ
hadTempleDedicatedTo Ogdoad ⓘ
linked to: Hermopolitan Ogdoad

Thoth ⓘ
languageOfAncientName Ancient Egyptian ⓘ
languageOfGreekName Ancient Greek ⓘ
laterReligiousUse Christian center in late Roman and Byzantine periods ⓘ
latinName Hermopolis Magna ⓘ
linked to: Hermopolis
linkedMythologicallyTo primeval waters of Nun ⓘ
primordial mound of creation ⓘ
locatedIn Middle Egypt ⓘ
linked to: central Egypt
locatedOn western bank of the Nile ⓘ
meaningOfName City of Hermes ⓘ
modernNearbySettlement el-Ashmunein ⓘ
mythologicalAssociation creation myth of the Ogdoad ⓘ
nomeCapitalOf 15th Upper Egyptian nome ⓘ
nomeName Hare nome ⓘ
periodOfAbandonment late antiquity ⓘ
principalDeity Thoth ⓘ
region Upper Egypt ⓘ
religiousRole center of Hermopolitan Ogdoad theology ⓘ
major cult center of Thoth ⓘ
timePeriod Hellenistic Egypt ⓘ
linked to: Ptolemaic Kingdom

Pharaonic Egypt ⓘ
Roman Egypt ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (37)

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

Thoth → centerOfCult → Hermopolis ⓘ
Antinoopolis → locatedNear → Hermopolis ⓘ
Nun → worshipCenter → Hermopolis ⓘ
Nectanebo I → templeBuildingAt → Hermopolis ⓘ
Djehuty → majorCultCenter → Hermopolis ⓘ
Hermopolis → greekName → Hermopolis ⓘ
Hermopolis → latinName → Hermopolis Magna ⓘ
linked to: Hermopolis
Ermoupoli → alternativeName → Hermoupolis ⓘ
linked to: Hermopolis
Hermopolitan Ogdoad → cultCenter → Hermopolis Magna ⓘ
linked to: Hermopolis
Heptanomis → hasPart → Hermopolis nome ⓘ
linked to: Hermopolis
Heptanomis → capitalOrMajorCity → Hermopolis ⓘ
Naunet → worshipCenter → Hermopolis ⓘ
Al Minya Governorate → containsArchaeologicalSite → Hermopolis Magna ⓘ
linked to: Hermopolis
Dhouti → worshipCenter → Hermopolis ⓘ
Tehuti → worshipCenter → Hermopolis ⓘ
Khmun → ancientNameOf → Hermopolis ⓘ
Khmun → greekName → Hermopolis ⓘ
City of Hermes → isGreekNameFor → Hermopolis ⓘ
City of Hermes → correspondsTo → Hermopolis Magna ⓘ
linked to: Hermopolis
City of Hermes → hasAlternativeName → Hermopolis Magna ⓘ
linked to: Hermopolis
Hare nome → centeredOn → Hermopolis ⓘ
Hare nome → majorCity → Hermopolis ⓘ
Hare nome → GreekNameOfCapital → Hermopolis Magna ⓘ
linked to: Hermopolis
Hare nome → hasCapital → Hermopolis ⓘ
Hare nome → hasCulticToponym → Khmunu (Hermopolis) ⓘ
linked to: Hermopolis
el-Ashmunein → occupiesSiteOf → Hermopolis ⓘ
el-Ashmunein → ancientName → Hermopolis Magna ⓘ
linked to: Hermopolis
el-Ashmunein → greekName → Hermopolis ⓘ
el-Ashmunein → latinName → Hermopolis Magna ⓘ
linked to: Hermopolis
Khemenu → greekName → Hermopolis ⓘ
Khemenu → alsoKnownAs → Hermopolis Magna ⓘ
linked to: Hermopolis
Coptic Egypt → hasImportantCity → Hermopolis ⓘ