Iu-miteru (iw-mitrw/jw-mjtrw - the island in the river) was an ancient Egyptian town in the fourth Upper Egyptian nome, near Gebelein.[2] The town is often mentioned in Ancient Egyptian texts and was the place for a temple for Sobek. From an inscription found at the Wadi Hammamat it seems certain that the place was at the Southern border of the Fourth Upper Egyptian nome. Modern identification of the location of Iu-Miteru remains uncertain. The ruins of a temple of Sobek were discovered in Naga' Awlad Dahmash (Rizeiqat), which could thus be the ancient Iu-miteru.[3]
| Iu-miteru in hieroglyphs | ||||||
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Iu-miteru iw-mitrw Island of Miteru, island of the river | ||||||
Old Kingdom
editIn the 6th Dynasty, a letter mentions the estate.[4]
Second Intermediate Period
editIn the Second Intermediate Period, the Temple of Sobek at Iumiteru meaning Island on the River, saw attention from Sobekhotep Amenemhat.
At the temple, there was a ab-priest of Iumiteru (wꜥb n Jw-mjtrw). Two people are known with this title Resseneb [5] and sn(⸗j)-rs.[6]
Another title known from the site is Man of Iumutru (s n jw-mjtrw) named Neferhotep.[7]
References
edit- ^ Percy Newberry (1908): Scarabs an introduction to the study of Egyptian seals and signet rings, available online copyright free see plate XLIII num 3
- ^ Elisa Fiore Marochetti (2009) The Reliefs of the Chapel of Nebhepetra Mentuhotep at Gebelein, pp. 7-8
- ^ Farouk Gomaa, Besiedlung Ägyptens im Mttleren Reich, Volume I, Wiesbaden 1986, ISBN 3882262796, pp. 122-125
- ^ Turin CGT54002; Roccati (1968) Una lettera inedita dell'Antico Regno, JEA 54, p. 17
- ^ Hilton Price 2010
- ^ Athens Λ154
- ^ Cairo CG 20642
Further reading
edit- Wojciech Ejsmond (2017) The Necropolis of Er-Rizeiqat, Ägypten und Levante / Egypt and the Levant, Vol. 27 (2017), pp. 241-248