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:''See Busiris (disambiguation) for namesakes Busiris (Greek: , Herod. i. 59, 61,165; Strabo xvii. p. 802; Plut. ''Is. et Osir.'' 30; Ptol. iv. 5. § 51; Plin. v. 9. s. 11: Hierocl. p. 725; Steph. B. ''s. v.'') was an ancient city of Lower Egypt, located at the modern Abu Sir Bana. == Ancient History == In antiquity, it was the chief town of the nome Ati in Egypt, and stood west of Sais, near the Phatnitic mouth on the western bank of the Damietta Branch of the Nile. Its pharaonic name was Djedu.〔Farouk Gomaà, "Busiris (Abu Sir Bana)," in (''Encyclopedia of the Archaeology of Ancient Egypt'' ), London 1999, p.207〕 The town and nome of Busiris were allotted to the Hermotybian division of the Egyptian militia. It was regarded as one of the birthplaces of the god of the underworld Osiris, as perhaps, etymologically, the name itself implies. The festival of Isis at Busiris came next in splendor and importance to that of Artemis at Bubastis in the Egyptian calendar. Considerable ruins are still extant. The temple of Isis, indeed, with the hamlet which sprang up around it, stood probably at a short distance without the walls of Busiris itself, for Pliny (v. 10. s. 11) mentions ''Isidis oppidum'' in the neighbourhood of the town. The ruins of the temple are still visible, a little to the north of Abusir, at the hamlet of Bahheyt. (Pococke, ''Travels'', vol. i. p. 34; Minutoli, p. 304.) It was in the Roman province of Aegyptus secundus. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Busiris (Lower Egypt)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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