Hurbayt
Place in Sharqia, Egypt
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Horbit (Arabic: هربيط) is a town in Sharqia Governorate of Egypt.
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هربيط DalaM | |
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  horbit Location in Egypt | |
| Coordinates: 30°44′4.79″N 31°37′14.87″E | |
| Country |  Egypt |
| Governorate | Sharqia |
| Time zone | UTC+2 (EET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+3 (EEST) |
It's an ancient town referred to in a stele of the 7th century BC,[1] and described by Herodotus,[2] Strabo,[3] and Pliny.[4]
It served as the capital of the nome of Pharbaethites/Lapt in Lower Egypt.[5][1]
Etymology
The town's Arabic name comes from Coptic Pharbait (Coptic: ⲫⲁⲣⲃⲁⲓⲧ), which in turn is derived from Ancient Egyptian: Pr-Ḥrw-mr.ty, lit. 'house of the two eyed Horus'.[6] It was also known as Sheten (Ancient Egyptian: Štꜣn).[7]
In Ptolemaic and Roman Egypt it was known as Pharbaithos (Ancient Greek: Φάρβαιθος) or Pharbaethus. This name is reproduced under the form Karbeuthos in George of Cyprus.[8]
Ecclesiastical history
The original diocese was a suffragan of Leontopolis, in Augustamnica Secunda, Egypt.
There is a record of Bishop Arbetion at Nicæa in 325,[9] and Bishop Theodorus in 1086,[10] but it is possible that the latter was bishop of another Pharbætus situated further to the west, and which according to Vansleb was equally a Coptic see. John of Nikiu[11] relates that under the Emperor Phocas (602–10) the clerics of the province killed the Greek governor Theophilus.
It remains a Roman Catholic titular see under the name Pharbaetus.
