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The Hare nome, also called the Hermopolite nome (Egyptian: ''Wenet'') was one of the 42 ''nomoi'' (administrative divisions) in ancient Egypt; more precisely, it was the 15th nome of Upper Egypt.〔Wolfram Grajetzki, ''The Middle Kingdom of ancient Egypt: history, archaeology and society''. London, Duckworth Egyptology, 2006, pp. 109-11〕 The Hare nome's main city was Khmun (later Hermopolis Magna, and the modern el-Ashmunein) in Middle Egypt. The local main deity was Thot, though the inscriptions on the White Chapel of Senusret I links this nome with the cult of Bes and Unut.〔(Upper Egypt nome 15 ), Digital Egypt for Universities〕 ==History== The Hare nome was already recognized during the 4th Dynasty of the Old Kingdom as shown by the triad statue of pharaoh Menkaure, Hathor, and an anthropomorphized-deified depiction of the nome.〔("King Menkaura, the goddess Hathor, and the deified Hare nome" ) at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston〕 It is known that during the 6th Dynasty its nomarchs were buried in the necropolis of El-Sheikh Sa'id.〔Nicolas Grimal, ''A History of Ancient Egypt'', New York, Barnes & Noble Books, 1997, ISBN 0-7607-0649-2, p. 134〕 The nome kept his importance during the First Intermediate Period and the subsequent Middle Kingdom; its governors were also responsible of the alabaster quarrying at Hatnub in the Eastern Desert, they owned exclusive offices such as "director of the double throne" and great one of the five", and also were high priests of Thot.〔 Since the First Intermediate Period they moved slightly northward their official necropolis to Deir el-Bersha, where their remarkable though poorly preserved rock-cut tombs were excavated. During the Middle Kingdom the Hare nome was ruled by a rather branched dynasty of nomarchs usually named Ahanakht, Djehutynakht or Neheri. The last known among them, Djehutihotep, was also the owner of the most elaborate and preserved tomb of the Deir el-Bersha necropolis; he ruled until the early reign of Senusret III who is known to have put into action serious steps to minimize the power held by all nomarchs.〔〔Nicolas Grimal, op. cit., p. 157〕 During the Second Intermediate Period the Hare nome assimilated the neighboring Oryx nome (16th of Upper Egypt).〔Wolfgang Helck, ''Die altägyptischen Gaue'', Wiesbaden, 1974, ISBN 3920153278, p. 111〕 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「Hare nome」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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