Pr-Medjed
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Pr-Medjed is the ancient Egyptian name for the city later known as Oxyrhynchus, a prominent urban center in Middle Egypt famed for its rich trove of papyrus texts.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Pr-Medjed canonical | 1 |
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Egyptian city
ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ urban center ⓘ |
| administrativeRole | nome capital ⓘ |
| associatedWithDeity |
Medjed fish
ⓘ
Osiris NERFINISHED ⓘ local fish-god of Oxyrhynchus ⓘ |
| country | Egypt ⓘ |
| culturalRole |
center of Christian scholarship in late antiquity
ⓘ
center of Greek culture in Egypt ⓘ |
| excavatedBy |
Arthur Hunt
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Bernard Grenfell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| excavationStartDate | 1896 ⓘ |
| flourishedInPeriod |
Byzantine period
ⓘ
Late Period of ancient Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ Ptolemaic period NERFINISHED ⓘ Roman period ⓘ |
| hasArchaeologicalFind |
Christian texts
ⓘ
administrative documents ⓘ documentary papyri ⓘ early biblical manuscripts ⓘ literary papyri ⓘ private letters ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
baths
ⓘ
necropolis ⓘ temples ⓘ theatres ⓘ |
| hasGreekName | Oxyrhynchus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLanguage |
Egyptian
ⓘ
Greek ⓘ Latin NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLaterName | Oxyrhynchus NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMeaning | House of the Medjed NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Oxyrhynchus Papyri
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
rich trove of papyrus texts ⓘ |
| locatedIn | Middle Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInNome | 19th Upper Egyptian nome ⓘ |
| locatedNear | Nile River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOn | Bahr Yussef NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| modernSiteName | el-Bahnasa NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | ancient Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | ancient Egyptian religion ⓘ |
| timeDepth |
Byzantine period
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Hellenistic period NERFINISHED ⓘ Pharaonic period ⓘ Roman period ⓘ |
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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.