Ta-Seti

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Ta-Seti (uppermost) at the "White Chapel" in Karnak Nomelist (Sesostris I.) 1up.jpg
Ta-Seti (uppermost) at the "White Chapel" in Karnak
Map of all nomoi in Upper Egypt UpperEgyptNomes.png
Map of all nomoi in Upper Egypt

Ta-Seti (Land of the bow, also Ta Khentit, the Frontier or Borderland) was the first nome (administrative division) of Upper Egypt, one of 42 nomoi in Ancient Egypt. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] Ta-Seti marked the border area towards Nubia, and the name was also used to refer to Nubia itself. [7] [8] [9] [10]

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History

Every nome was ruled by a nomarch (provincial governor), who answered directly to the pharaoh. [2] [3] [4] [5]

The area of the district was about 2 cha-ta (about 5.5 hectare / 4.8 acres; 1 cha-ta equals roughly 2.75 hectare / 2.4 acres) and about 10,5 iteru (about 112 km / 69,6 miles, 1 iteru equals roughly 10,5 km / 6.2 miles) in length. [11]

The Niwt (main city) was Abu / Elephantine (part of modern Aswan) and among other cities were P'aaleq / Philae (modern Philae), Sunet / Syene (modern Aswan) and Pa-Sebek / Omboi (modern Kom Ombo). [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] Every niwt had a Het net (temple) dedicated to the chief deity and a Heqa het (nomarchs residence). [1]

The district's main deity was Horus and among others major deities were Anuket, Arensnuphis, Hathor, Isis, Khnum, Mandulis, Satet and Sobek. [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] Today the area is part of the Aswan Governorate.

The Prophecy of Neferti , a literary text from the Middle Kingdom of Egypt mention the mother of Amenemhat I, founder of the Twelfth Dynasty, being from [12] the Elephantine Egyptian nome Ta-Seti. [13] [14] [15] Many scholars have argued that Amenemhat I's mother was of Nubian origin. [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21] [22] [23]

The identity of the Ta-Seti people has not yet been definitively established. From what is known today, the Ta-Seti are believed to have spoken a Nilo-Saharan language. [24]

Nomarchs of Ta-Seti

The following is a partial genealogy of the nomarchs of Ta-Seti during the 12th Dynasty. The nomarchs are underlined. [25]

Sarenput I KhemaSatethotep♀
Sarenput II Shemai
Sat-tjeni♀
Heqaib III Amenyseneb

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