Lycopolis (Delta)

Segin al-Kom
*ϣⲉϫⲓⲛ
سجين الكوم
Segin al-Kom is located in Egypt
Segin al-Kom
Segin al-Kom
Location in Egypt
Coordinates: 30°54′31.18″N 31°3′19.71″E / 30.9086611°N 31.0554750°E / 30.9086611; 31.0554750
Country Egypt
GovernorateGharbia
Population
 (2006)
 • Total25,623
Time zoneUTC+2 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)+3

Segin al-Kom (Arabic: سجين الكوم, from Coptic: *ϣⲉϫⲓⲛ, Ancient Egyptian: Škȝn)[1] is a historical village in the Gharbia Governorate of Egypt.

It was known as Lycopolis or Lykopolis (Greek: Λυκούπολις)[2] in the Antiquity, an ancient town in the Sebennytic nome in Lower Egypt.

  1. ^ Carsten Peust, Konstanz (2010). Koptische Dialektologie anhand ägyptisch-arabischer Ortsnamen. Göttingen. p. 89.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  2. ^ "TM Places". www.trismegistos.org. Retrieved 2023-03-25.