Herwer was an
ancient Egyptian town in the 16th
nome (
Oryx nome) in
Upper Egypt. It is mentioned in several ancient inscriptions dating from the
Old,
Middle and
New Kingdom. The main deities of the place were
Khnum and
Heqet, both several times called lord or lady of Herwer. Perhaps in the
Middle Kingdom, the place became capital of the 16th Upper Egyptian nome. The local governor
Amenemhat of that nome was indeed overseer of the priests of Khnum of Herwer. The place is often mentioned in the tombs of
Beni Hasan.[1]
The localisation of Herwer remains problematic. Yet however in the
Onomasticon of Amenope and in the
Turin Papyrus 118.11, Herwer is referred to as north of
Hermopolis, which excludes an identification with
Antinoöpolis. Certainly, however, the place was on the west side of the Nile in the 16th Upper Egyptian nome as in the inscriptions in Beni Hasan, suggesting Herwer is identical with modern village of Hur (
Coptic: Ϩⲟⲩⲱⲣ) situated 11 km (6.8 mi) northwest of
Hermopolis Magna.[4]
^Farouk Gomaa: Die Besiedlung Ägyptens während des Mittleren Reiches, 1. Oberägypten und das Fayyum. Reichert, Wiesbaden 1986,
ISBN3-88226-279-6, pp. 312-15
^Farouk Gomaa: Die Besiedlung Ägyptens während des Mittleren Reiches, 1. Oberägypten und das Fayyum. Reichert, Wiesbaden 1986,
ISBN3-88226-279-6, p. 314
Herwer was an
ancient Egyptian town in the 16th
nome (
Oryx nome) in
Upper Egypt. It is mentioned in several ancient inscriptions dating from the
Old,
Middle and
New Kingdom. The main deities of the place were
Khnum and
Heqet, both several times called lord or lady of Herwer. Perhaps in the
Middle Kingdom, the place became capital of the 16th Upper Egyptian nome. The local governor
Amenemhat of that nome was indeed overseer of the priests of Khnum of Herwer. The place is often mentioned in the tombs of
Beni Hasan.[1]
The localisation of Herwer remains problematic. Yet however in the
Onomasticon of Amenope and in the
Turin Papyrus 118.11, Herwer is referred to as north of
Hermopolis, which excludes an identification with
Antinoöpolis. Certainly, however, the place was on the west side of the Nile in the 16th Upper Egyptian nome as in the inscriptions in Beni Hasan, suggesting Herwer is identical with modern village of Hur (
Coptic: Ϩⲟⲩⲱⲣ) situated 11 km (6.8 mi) northwest of
Hermopolis Magna.[4]
^Farouk Gomaa: Die Besiedlung Ägyptens während des Mittleren Reiches, 1. Oberägypten und das Fayyum. Reichert, Wiesbaden 1986,
ISBN3-88226-279-6, pp. 312-15
^Farouk Gomaa: Die Besiedlung Ägyptens während des Mittleren Reiches, 1. Oberägypten und das Fayyum. Reichert, Wiesbaden 1986,
ISBN3-88226-279-6, p. 314