Ipu

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Ipu is an ancient Egyptian city, historically known as Akhmim, which served as an important religious and administrative center in Upper Egypt.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Ipu canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (29)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Egyptian city ⓘ
administrativeRole capital of a nome in Upper Egypt ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Akhmim ⓘ
ancientName Ipu ⓘ
Khent-Min ⓘ
associatedWith fertility rituals ⓘ
stone and textile crafts ⓘ
country Ancient Egypt ⓘ
linked to: Pharaonic Egypt
cultCenterOf god Min ⓘ
goddess Repyt ⓘ
greekName Panopolis ⓘ
hasArchaeologicalSite Akhmim archaeological area ⓘ
linked to: Akhmim necropolis
hasModernCounterpart city of Akhmim in Sohag Governorate ⓘ
hasTypeOfSettlement urban center ⓘ
locatedIn Sohag region (modern Upper Egypt) ⓘ
linked to: Sohag Governorate

Upper Egypt ⓘ
locatedOn east bank of the Nile ⓘ
modernLocation Akhmim ⓘ
notableFor temples dedicated to Min ⓘ
textile production in later periods ⓘ
partOf Upper Egyptian nome system ⓘ
region Nome of Upper Egypt ⓘ
religiousRole center of fertility cult of Min ⓘ
religiousSignificance major cult center in Upper Egypt ⓘ
servedAs administrative center ⓘ
religious center ⓘ
timePeriod Pharaonic period ⓘ
Ptolemaic period ⓘ
linked to: Ptolemaic Kingdom

Roman period ⓘ
linked to: Roman Antiquity

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

Ipu → ancientName → Ipu ⓘ