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Faiyum (Arabic: الفيوم el-Fayyūm
pronounced [elfæjˈjuːm],
borrowed from Coptic: ̀Ⲫⲓⲟⲙ or Ⲫⲓⲱⲙ
Phiom or Phiōm from
Ancient Egyptian: pꜣ ym "the Sea, Lake")...
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celebrates the
foundation of a
shrine for the god
Sobek at a city
named Shedyt (alternatively Shedet). The city and the
shrine are
known from Old Kingdom...
- humanity.
Other feminine bovine deities include Sekhat-Hor, Mehet-Weryt, and
Shedyt.
Their masculine counterparts include Apis, Mnevis, Sema-wer, Ageb-wer....
- In
ancient Egyptian times, its
capital was Sh-d-y-t (usually
written "
Shedyt"),
called by the Gr****s Crocodilopolis, and
refounded by
Ptolemy II as Arsinoe...
- date in part to the
reign of
Ptolemy II,
under whom the
Pharaonic city of
Shedyt (Gr**** Crocodilopolis, the
modern Medinet el-Fayum) was
renamed to honour...
- sbk-nfrw Sobek-neferu / Neferu-sobek
Beauty of
Sobek sbk-šdt-nfrw Sobek-shedet-neferu
Beauty of Sobek, lord of
Shedyt...
- Smenkhkare,
beloved of Sobek, Lord of
Shedyt".
Egyptologists Darrell Baker and Kim
Ryholt propose that the
reference to
Shedyt (Faiyum), a town
close to the Memphis...
