Tanis

settlement · 330 BC – 2099 AD · location approximate

An ancient settlement of the eastern Fayoum, administratively in the ancient Arsinoite nome, that is well-documented in the papyri. The site has been identified with a village known as Manashinshana at the beginning of the 20th century, which is probably to be identified with a small settlement known locally today as Shanashinshana.

Coordinates

29.39352, 31.03141

Also known as

Manashinshana (ar), Shana (ar), Shanashinshana (ar), Shinshana (ar), Tell Shinsana (ar)

Dating

attested

Sources

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

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