Kom el-Hisn
كوم الحصن | |
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  Kom el-Hisn Location in Egypt  Kom el-Hisn Kom el-Hisn (Egypt)  Kom el-Hisn Kom el-Hisn (Northeast Africa) | |
| Coordinates: 30°47′44″N 30°36′01″E / 30.7955°N 30.6004°E | |
| Country | Lower Egypt |
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| jmꜣw[1] in hieroglyphs | ||
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| Era: Middle Kingdom (2055–1650 BC) | ||
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| pr nb jmꜣw[2] in hieroglyphs | ||||
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| Era: Late Period (664–332 BC) | ||||
Kom el-Hisn (Arabic: كوم الحصن Kawm el-Ḥiṣn) is a Nile Delta settlement dating back to the Old Kingdom of Egypt with parts dating to the Middle Kingdom. Its location in the 3rd nome of Lower Egypt, or "House of the Lord of Ships (pr nb jmu)", focus on the goddess Hathor, as well as faunal and textual evidence suggests it played a role in transporting cattle between regions. Whether or not it was a self-sufficient town or built solely to support the temple is currently unknown.
The site's main findings include the Tomb of Khesuwer, a large necropolis, and a temple dedicated to Sekhmet-Hathor. Inscriptions designating Hathor as the "Mistress of Imu", among other similar inscriptions, and the location of Kom el-Hisn have given evidence to the site being the former nome capital Yamu, or Imu. Much of the information on this site from previous excavations is lost or remains unpublished.[3]
- ^ Gauthier, Henri (1925). Dictionnaire des Noms Géographiques Contenus dans les Textes Hiéroglyphiques Vol. 1. p. 70.
- ^ Gauthier, Henri (1925). Dictionnaire des Noms Géographiques Contenus dans les Textes Hiéroglyphiques Vol. 2. p. 91.
- ^ Wenke, Robert J.; Buck, Paul E.; Hamroush, Hany A.; Kobusiewicz, Michal; Kroeper, Karla; Redding, Richard W. (1988). "Kom el-Hisn: Excavation of an Old Kingdom Settlement in the Egyptian Delta". Journal of the American Research Center in Egypt. 25: 5. doi:10.2307/40000868. ISSN 0065-9991. JSTOR 40000868.