Elephantine

settlement · 2670 BC – 2100 AD

A fortified settlement located just before the First Cataract of the Nile. During the Second Intermediate Period, Elephantine marked the southern border of Egypt.

Coordinates

24.09000, 32.88900

Also known as

(jw) 3bw (egy), (jw)ꜣbw, (jw)3bw, jw3bw, jw 3bw (egy), 3bw, Abu, Elephantinē, Elephantine (grc), Gazirat Aswān, Gazirat Aswan (ar), Iēb, Ieb, Yabu (grc), Ǧazīrat Aswān, Jazirat Aswan, Jezirat Aswan, Aswan Island (arb), ꜣbw, 3bw, Abu (egy)

Dating

attested

Sources

• Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places · CC BY 3.0
  Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places (CC BY 3.0)
• Wikidata · CC0 1.0
  Wikidata (CC0)

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