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ID: 8711896 Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/8711896			Record Type: administrative

Itjtawy (lost settlement)

Coordinates:
Lat: 29 34 00 N degrees minutes			Lat: 29.5660 decimal degrees
Long: 031 14 00 E degrees minutes			Long: 31.2330 decimal degrees

Note: Lost settlement of Egypt, and the capital during the 12th dynasty. It is presumed that it lay in the Nile floodplain rather than the low desert, hence it has not yet been located. It is believed to be located somewhere in the vicity of the present-day village of Lisht, and its nearby ruins.

Names:

Itjtawy (preferred,C,V)

Itjtawy-Amenemhat (C,V)

Itj-Tawy (C,V)

Hierarchical Position:

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Africa (continent) (P)

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Miṣr (nation) (P)

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Itjtawy (lost settlement) (P)

Place Types:

lost settlement (preferred, C)

Sources and Contributors:

Itjtawy..........	[VP Preferred]
.................	Quirke, Residence, Egyptian Royal Residences (2009) 115

Itj-Tawy..........	[VP]
.................	Oxford Companion to Archaeology (2012) 470

Itjtawy-Amenemhat..........	[VP]
................................	Quirke, Residence, Egyptian Royal Residences (2009) 115

Subject: .....	[VP]
..................	Oxford Companion to Archaeology (2012) 470
..................	Quirke, Residence, Egyptian Royal Residences (2009) 115


Note:
English	..........	[VP]
	..........	Quirke, Residence, Egyptian Royal Residences (2009) 1115

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