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Historical Sepats (nomes),
Cult Centers & Cities


in Lower Egypt:

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The Greek word 'Nome' is often used instead of the ancient Egyptian 'Sepat', to denote a province where towns and cities were governed by an overseer or governor. Beside being numbered they also carried a title, which is listed here directly after the number.

The ancient sitename is given in bold letters, next comes the Greek sitename, given in italic letters, and lastly the modern sitename in normal letters.

Some of them are uncertain, some of them are unknown to us and then marked with a - .

A great worship center would also include the whole area around the main city so that the deity would influence also the smaller locations within it.

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List of Sepats in Lower Egypt:



1st Sepat: "White Wall"
Mennefer-Memphis - : PTAH, SEKHMET, NEFERTEM, APIS bull, Saqqara

2nd Sepat: "Foreleg"
Khem-Letopolis-Ausim: KEHNTY-IRTU (a form of HERU)

3rd Sepat: "West"
- Hermopolis Parva-Damanhur: DJEHUTY/Thoth
Raqote-Alexandria-Alexandria: ASET/Isis, SERAPIS

4th Sepat: "Southern Shield"
- NIT/Neith

5th Sepat: "Northern Shield"
Zau-Sais - : NIT/Neith
Per-wadjet-Buto - : NEKHBET, WADJET

6th Sepat: "Mountain Bull"
- Xois-Sakha:-

7th Sepat: "Western Harpoon"
- Naukratis - : NIT/Neith; AMUN; DJEHUTY/Thoth

8th Sepat: "Eastern Harpoon"
Tjeku-Pithom(?)-Tell el-Maskhuta: -

9th Sepat: "Andjety"
- Busiris-Abusir:ATUM WESIR/Osiris, ANDJETY, animal necropolis

10th Sepat: "Black Ox"
Hut-heryib-Athribis - : KHENTY-KHETY(HERU)

11th Sepat: "Ox-Count"
Nay-ta-hut-Leontopolis-Tell el-Muqdam: SHU, TEFNUT, MAAHES/Mihos (lion god)

12th Sepat: "Calf and Cow"
Tjebnutjer-Sebennytos-Sammanud: ASET/Isis

13th Sepat: "Prospering Sceptre"
Iunu-Heliopolis-Cairo: RE (RE-HARAKTY), The ENNEAD (Atum, Shu, Tefnut, Geb, Nut, Wesir, Aset, Nebt-Het, Set)

14th Sepat: "Foremost of the East
- Sile - : -
- Pelusium - SET -

15th Sepat: "Ibis"
BaŽkh-Hermopolis-el-Baqlia DJEHUTY/Thoth, Ibis cemetery

16th Sepat: "Fish"
Per-banebdjedet-Mendes - : BANEBDJEDET (ram god), sacred rams cemetary, HAT-MEHIT
Anpet-djedet-Thumis - : -

17th Sepat: "Behdet"
- - el-Balamun: - HERU-BEHDETY (Horus of Behdet)

18th Sepat: "Prince of the South"
Per-bastet-Bubastis - : BAST

19th Sepat: "Prince of the North"
Imet - Tell Nabasha: WADJET
DjanŽnet-Tanis - : AMUN, HERU/Horus, tombs 21, 22nd Dyn.

20th Sepat: "Plumed Falcon of Sopedu"
Per-sopdu-Soped-Saft el-Hinna: SOPDU (falcon god), SAH, SOPDET

Faiyum area: She-resy - The Fayium:
mer-wer (the lake) -
- Krokodilopolis(Arsinoe)-Medinet el-Faiyum: SOBEK




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