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ID: 4011135
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/4011135
 
Record Type: administrative
Hierarchy of Thebaid (general region)  Thebaid (general region)

Note: A large area in Upper Egypt, named for its ancient capital, Thebes; area corresponds to Roman province of the same same; considered the birthplace of Christian monasticism, based on lives of Paul the hermit, Anthony of Egypt & others.

Names:
Thebaid (preferred,C,V)
Tebaide (C,O)
Thébaïde (H,O)
Thebais (H,V)

Hierarchical Position:
Hierarchy of World (facet)    World (facet)
Hierarchy of Africa (continent)  ....  Africa (continent) (P)
Hierarchy of Miṣr (nation)  ........  Miṣr (nation) (P)
Hierarchy of Thebaid (general region)  ............  Thebaid (general region) (P)

Place Types:
general region (preferred, C)  ............  settled since 4th dynasty (ca. 2575-ca. 2465 BC)
province (H)  ............  Roman

Sources and Contributors:
Tebaide..........  [VP]
.................  Cassell's Italian Dictionary (1983) 524
Thebaid..........  [BHA, VP Preferred]
.................  Antichità Viva XIV/3 (May-June 1975), 3-22
.................  Grande Encyclopédie Larousse (1983)
.................  New Catholic Encyclopedia (1967-1989) XIV, 6
.................  Oxford: Christian Church (1974)
Thébaïde..........  [BHA]
.................  BHA, Authority file (1973-)
Thebais..........  [VP]
.................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984) 1206
Subject: .....  [BHA, VP]
..................  Antichità Viva XIV/3 (May-June 1975), 3-22
..................  BHA, Authority file (1973-)
..................  Cassell's Italian Dictionary (1983) 524
..................  Grande Encyclopédie Larousse (1983)
..................  New Catholic Encyclopedia (1967-1989) XIV, 6
..................  Oxford: Christian Church (1974)
..................  Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1984) 1206
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]

 

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