Pithom

30°33′7″N 32°5′55″E / 30.55194°N 32.09861°E / 30.55194; 32.09861

Pithom is located in Egypt
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Location of Pithom (as Tell El Maskhuta) in Ismailia Governorate, Egypt
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Pithom (Ancient Egyptian: pr-jtm; Biblical Hebrew: פִּתֹם, romanized: Pīṯōm; Koinē Greek: Ἡρώπόλις, romanized: Hērṓpólis or Ἡρώωνπόλις Hērṓōnpólis,[2] and Πατούμος Patoúmos) was an ancient city of Egypt. References in the Hebrew Bible and ancient Greek and Roman sources[3] exist for this city, but its exact location remains somewhat uncertain. Some scholars identified it as the later archaeological site of Tell el-Maskhuta (Arabic: تل المسخوطة, romanized: Tall al-Masḫuṭa).[4] Others identified it as the earlier archaeological site of Tell El Retabeh (Arabic: تل الرتابة, romanized: Tall al-Ratāba).[5]

  1. ^ Gauthier, Henri (1925). Dictionnaire des Noms Géographiques Contenus dans les Textes Hiéroglyphiques Vol. 2. p. 59.
  2. ^ Bard, Kathryn A., ed. (11 March 1999). Encyclopedia of the Archaeology of Ancient Egypt. Taylor & Francis. ISBN 978-0-203-98283-9.
  3. ^ Strabo xvi. 759, 768, xvii. 803, 804; Arrian, Exp. Alex. iii. 5, vii. 20; Joseph. Ant. Jud. ii. 7. § 5; Plin. v. 9. § 11, vi. 32. § 33; Mela, iii. 8; Steph. B. s. v.; Ptol. ii. 1. § 6, iv. 15. § 54
  4. ^ Killebrew, Ann E. (October 2005). Biblical Peoples and Ethnicity: An Archaeological Study of Egyptians, Canaanite. Society of Biblical Literature. p. 152. ISBN 978-1-58983-097-4.
  5. ^ Mitchell, T. C. (29 July 1988). Biblical Archaeology: Documents for the British Museum. Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-36867-4.