A-bt
Nome of Ancient Egypt
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A-bt ("The West Spear", also Hui-ges iabti) was one of the 42 nome (administrative districts) in Ancient Egypt, specifically it was the 8th Nome of lower Egypt.,[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]
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Geography
A-bt was one of the 20 nome in Lower Egypt and had district number 8. The area of the district was approximately 6 cha-ta (about 18.0 hectares, with 1 cha-ta equivalent to 2.75 ha) with a length of about 4 iteru (approximately 42 km, with 1 iteru equal to 10.5 km).[8]
Niwt (the capital) was Per Tem/Hermopolis (near present-day Tell el-Maschuta), and other major towns included Piemro/Naukratis (today's Kom Gieif).[2][3][4][5][6][7]
Hermopolis was previously part of Sap-Res, the 4th nome in Lower Egypt.
In the White Chapel, nome 8 and nome 7 are mentioned together as the western and eastern parts of the same district.[6]
History
Each nome was governed by a nomarch who officially answered directly to the pharaoh.[2][3][4][5]
Each Niwt had a Het net (temple) dedicated to the area's protective deity and a Heqa het (the residence of the nomarch).[1]
The protective deity of the district was Atum, and among other gods, Osiris was primarily worshipped.
Today, the area is part of the Governorate of Ismailia.