Historical place profile
Xois
Ancient Xois was located on an island that was formed by the Sebennytic and Phatnitic branches of the Nile. It became the capital of its own nome, the Xoite nome.
Record details
- Research ID
- catholon:place:pleiades:727256
- Catalogue ID
- pleiades:727256
- Place type
- settlement
- Coordinates
- 31.108961, 30.937280
- Precision
- precise
- Locator semantics
- representative_point_not_boundary
Historical description
Ancient Xois was located on an island that was formed by the Sebennytic and Phatnitic branches of the Nile. It became the capital of its own nome, the Xoite nome.
Geographic evidence
The coordinates are a representative_point_not_boundary. They identify a research anchor and do not by themselves assert an ancient administrative boundary or the full extent of the settlement.
Provenance: Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 74 D2 Xois
Source and reuse
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Research path
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