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ID: 4011135
Page Link:
http://vocab.getty.edu/page/tgn/4011135
Record Type:
administrative
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:
World
(facet)
....
Africa
(continent) (
P
)
........
Miṣr
(nation) (
P
)
............
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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