city of Mendes
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The city of Mendes was an ancient Egyptian urban and religious center in the Nile Delta, notable as a cult site of the ram-god Banebdjedet and as a former royal capital.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Mendes | 0 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Egyptian city
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archaeological site ⓘ |
| ancientName |
Djedet
NERFINISHED
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Per-Banebdjedet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedDeity |
Hathor
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Isis NERFINISHED ⓘ Osiris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| country |
Pharaonic Egypt
ⓘ
surface form:
Ancient Egypt
|
| cultCenterOf | Banebdjedet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| economyBasedOn |
agriculture
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animal husbandry ⓘ river trade ⓘ |
| greekName | Mendes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasArchaeologicalEvidenceOf |
elite tombs
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industrial installations ⓘ large temple enclosure ⓘ residential quarters ⓘ |
| hasFeature |
harbor
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necropolis ⓘ sacred lake ⓘ temple of Banebdjedet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTitle | capital of the Mendesian nome ⓘ |
| knownFor |
Delta trade and river traffic
ⓘ
cult of the ram-god Banebdjedet ⓘ production of perfumes and unguents ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
Egypt
ⓘ
Lower Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ Nile Delta NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedInAdministrativeDivision | Mendesian nome NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedOn | branch of the Nile ⓘ |
| mentionedIn |
Egyptian hieroglyphic inscriptions
ⓘ
Greek historical sources ⓘ |
| modernSiteName |
Tell el-Robieh
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Tell el-Ruba NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| periodOfFlourishing | Late Period of ancient Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| periodOfOccupation |
Late Period
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Middle Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ New Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ Old Kingdom NERFINISHED ⓘ Ptolemaic Period NERFINISHED ⓘ Roman Period NERFINISHED ⓘ Third Intermediate Period NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| politicalRole | royal capital ⓘ |
| primaryDeity | Banebdjedet NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| regionType | urban center ⓘ |
| religiousRole | major cult center ⓘ |
| religiousSignificance | center of ram-god worship in the Delta ⓘ |
| wasRoyalCapitalDuring | 29th Dynasty of Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| wasRoyalCapitalDuring | early 30th Dynasty of Egypt ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.