Inebu-hedj (''White Walls'', also Inbu-Hedj, ''White fortress'') was one of 42 nomes (administrative division) in

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Geography

Northern Ancient Egypt was known as ''mḥw'', which means "north". Inebu-hedj was one of the 20 nomes in

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and it was designated as district number 1, the primary district. The ''Niwt'' (main city) was ''Menefer'' or Memphis (part of modern Mit Rahina).

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was among the other cities of the region. Lower Egypt Nomes 01

History

Every nome was ruled by a

nomarch A nomarch (, Great Chief) was a provincial governor in ancient Egypt; the country was divided into 42 provinces, called Nome (Egypt), nomes (singular , plural ). A nomarch was the government official responsible for a nome. Etymology The te ...

(provincial governor) who answered directly to the

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. Every ''niwt'' had a ''Hut netjer'' (temple) dedicated to the chief

deity A deity or god is a supernatural being considered to be sacred and worthy of worship due to having authority over some aspect of the universe and/or life. The ''Oxford Dictionary of English'' defines ''deity'' as a God (male deity), god or god ...

as well as a ''Heqa hut'' (nomarch's residence). The main deity of the district was

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. Apis,

Hathor Hathor (, , , Meroitic language, Meroitic: ') was a major ancient Egyptian deities, goddess in ancient Egyptian religion who played a wide variety of roles. As a sky deity, she was the mother or consort of the sky god Horus and the sun god R ...

Isis Isis was a major goddess in ancient Egyptian religion whose worship spread throughout the Greco-Roman world. Isis was first mentioned in the Old Kingdom () as one of the main characters of the Osiris myth, in which she resurrects her sla ...

Nefertem Nefertem (; possibly "beautiful one who closes" or "one who does not close"; also spelled Nefertum or Nefer-temu) was, in Egyptian mythology, originally a lotus flower at the creation of the world, who had arisen from the primal waters.Nefertem pa ...

Ptah Ptah ( ; , ; ; ; ) is an ancient Egyptian deity, a creator god, and a patron deity of craftsmen and architects. In the triad of Memphis, he is the husband of Sekhmet and the father of Nefertem. He was also regarded as the father of the ...

Seker Seker may refer to: *Sokar, a falcon god in Egyptian mythology *Şeker, a Turkish name See also

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, and

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were among others worshiped as major deities in the nome. , the area is part of the

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References

Sources

* Helck, Wolfgang ; Westendorf, Wolfhart: ''Lexikon der Ägyptologie''. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz 1977.

External links

{{Commons category, Nome 1 of Lower Egypt (White Walls Nome)
About the nomes of Egypt

Hieroglyfs of the nomes
Nomes of ancient Egypt