Swenett
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Swenett is the ancient Egyptian city known today as Aswan, a historic frontier town on the Nile near Egypt’s southern border.
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Egyptian city
ⓘ
archaeological site ⓘ settlement ⓘ |
| associatedWith | ancient observations of the sun at noon ⓘ |
| borderFunction | marked southern limit of Egypt in many periods ⓘ |
| continuity | site continuously inhabited into modern times ⓘ |
| country |
Pharaonic Egypt
ⓘ
surface form:
Ancient Egypt
|
| distanceFromCapital | far south of Memphis ⓘ |
| distanceFromThebes | south of Thebes ⓘ |
| function |
frontier town
ⓘ
military outpost ⓘ trading center ⓘ |
| geographicalFeature | city at the First Cataract of the Nile ⓘ |
| hasAlternativeName |
Siene
ⓘ
Swenet ⓘ Syene ⓘ |
| hasModernGovernorateCapital | Aswan Governorate NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasModernName | Aswan ⓘ |
| hasModernSuccessorCity | Aswan ⓘ |
| hasNameInGreek | Syene ⓘ |
| hasNameInLatin | Syene ⓘ |
| knownFor |
gateway to Nubia
ⓘ
granite quarries ⓘ strategic location on the Nile ⓘ |
| languageOfName | Ancient Egyptian ⓘ |
| locatedInPresentDay | Aswan ⓘ |
| locatedInPresentDayCountry | Egypt ⓘ |
| locatedInRegion | Upper Egypt ⓘ |
| locatedNearBorderWith | Nubia ⓘ |
| locatedOnRiver | Nile ⓘ |
| materialQuarried |
granite
ⓘ
syenite ⓘ |
| nearbyIsland | Elephantine ⓘ |
| nearbyMonument | Philae ⓘ |
| nearbyStructure | First Cataract of the Nile ⓘ |
| partOfAdministrativeDivision | first nome of Upper Egypt ⓘ |
| presentIn |
Greek and Roman geographical writings
ⓘ
ancient Egyptian texts ⓘ |
| religiousSignificance | local cult centers on Elephantine Island ⓘ |
| roleInEconomy | export of stone for monuments ⓘ |
| roleInTrade | center for trade between Egypt and Nubia ⓘ |
| strategicSignificance | southern frontier of Egypt ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
Pharaonic period
ⓘ
Ptolemaic Kingdom ⓘ
surface form:
Ptolemaic period
Roman Antiquity ⓘ
surface form:
Roman period
|
| usedFor | measurement of the sun at summer solstice in antiquity ⓘ |
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.