Khmun

E886704

Khmun is the ancient Egyptian name for the city later known as Hermopolis, a major cult center of the god Thoth.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Khmun canonical 3

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf ancient Egyptian city ⓘ
cult center ⓘ
ancientNameOf Hermopolis ⓘ
associatedConcept cosmic creation ⓘ
formlessness ⓘ
hiddenness ⓘ
primeval darkness ⓘ
primordial waters ⓘ
associatedDeity Thoth ⓘ
associatedWith Ogdoad of Hermopolis ⓘ
linked to: Hermopolitan Ogdoad
cultFocus magic ⓘ
moon ⓘ
wisdom ⓘ
writing ⓘ
cultTitleOfThoth Lord of Khmun ⓘ
culturalRole administrative center ⓘ
religious center ⓘ
greekName Hermopolis ⓘ
hasAlternateTransliteration Khemenu ⓘ
Khmunu ⓘ
linked to: Khnum
hasArchaeologicalRemains Ptolemaic structures ⓘ
Roman-period remains ⓘ
temples of Thoth ⓘ
linked to: Egyptian temples
hasNameMeaning City of Eight ⓘ
hasNumberSymbolism eight deities of the Ogdoad ⓘ
knownFrom Greek texts ⓘ
Roman sources ⓘ
hieroglyphic inscriptions ⓘ
languageOfName Ancient Egyptian ⓘ
laterUnderControlOf Ptolemaic Kingdom ⓘ
Roman Egypt ⓘ
linkedMythologicallyTo Hermopolitan creation myth ⓘ
locatedInCountry Ancient Egypt ⓘ
linked to: Pharaonic Egypt
locatedInGovernorate Minya Governorate ⓘ
locatedInRegion Middle Egypt ⓘ
linked to: central Egypt
locatedNear Nile River ⓘ
linked to: Nile
majorCultCenterOf Thoth ⓘ
modernSiteCorrespondsTo el-Ashmunein ⓘ
religion ancient Egyptian religion ⓘ
roleInCosmology center of Ogdoad theology ⓘ
sacredAnimalAssociated baboon ⓘ
ibis ⓘ
timePeriod Late Period ⓘ
Middle Kingdom ⓘ
New Kingdom ⓘ
Pharaonic period ⓘ
worshipPracticed Thoth cult ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

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