Hebenu

Hebenu
Hebenu
	Hebenu Location in Egypt
	Coordinates: 28°03′N 30°50′E / 28.050°N 30.833°E
Country	Egypt
Governorate	Minya Governorate
Time zone	UTC+2 (EST)

Hebenu (Ancient Egyptian: 𓎛𓃀𓈖𓏌𓍢𓊖, Coptic: ⲧϩⲁⲃⲓⲛ, ⲡⲙⲁⲛϩⲁⲃⲓⲛ, romanized: t-Habin, p-Manhabin, Arabic: حفن, romanized: Hafn)^[1] or Alabastron (Koinē Greek: Ἀλάβαστρων πόλις) was a city in ancient Egypt. It was located in Middle Egypt, or the Heptanomy, and belonged to the Hare nome (𓉆. It was the early capital of the Oryx nome (𓉇. The modern village of Zawiyat al-Amwat (Arabic: زاويـــة الأمـــوات) (Minya Governorate) is built on the site where the ancient city stood.^[2]

^ Stefan, Timm (1988). Das christlich-koptische Agypten in arabischer Zeit. p. 1975.
^ Peust, Carsten. "Die Toponyme vorarabischen Ursprungs im modernen Ägypten" (PDF). p. 45.

[1] Stefan, Timm (1988). Das christlich-koptische Agypten in arabischer Zeit. p. 1975.

[:02-2] Peust, Carsten. "Die Toponyme vorarabischen Ursprungs im modernen Ägypten" (PDF). p. 45.

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Hebenu
Hebenu Location in Egypt
Coordinates: 28°03′N 30°50′E / 28.050°N 30.833°E / 28.050; 30.833
Country	Egypt
Governorate	Minya Governorate
Time zone	UTC+2 (EST)