Administrative division of Upper Egypt From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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]
This article is about the nome of Upper Egypt. Not to be confused with Nubia, which was also called Ta-Seti.
Ta-Seti (uppermost) at the "White Chapel" in Karnak Map of all nomoi in Upper Egypt
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 112km / 69,6 miles, 1 iteru equals roughly 10,5km / 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 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]
The following is a partial genealogy of the nomarchs of Ta-Seti during the 12th Dynasty. The nomarchs are underlined.[25]
"Ammenemes himself was not a Theban but the son of a woman from Elephantine called Nofret and a priest called Sesostris (‘The man of the Great Goddess’).",Grimal, Nicolas (1994). A History of Ancient Egypt. Wiley-Blackwell (July 19, 1994). p.159.
"Senusret, a commoner as the father of Amenemhet, his mother, Nefert, came from the area Elephantine."A. Clayton, Peter (2006). Chronicle of the Pharaohs: The Reign-by-Reign Record of the Rulers and Dynasties of Ancient Egypt. Thames & Hudson. p.78.
"Amenemhet I was a commoner, the son of one Sen- wosret and a woman named NEFRET, listed as prominent members of a family from ELEPHANTINE Island."Bunson, Margaret (2002). Encyclopedia of Ancient Egypt (Facts on File Library of World History). Facts on File. p.25.
"The XIIth Dynasty (1991-1786 B.C.E.) originated from the Aswan region. As
expected, strong Nubian features and dark coloring are seen in their sculpture
and relief work. This dynasty ranks as among the greatest, whose fame far
outlived its actual tenure on the throne. Especially interesting, it was a member of
this dynasty- that decreed that no Nehsy (riverine Nubian of the principality of Kush), except such as came for trade or diplomatic reasons, should pass by the
Egyptian fortress at the southern end of the Second Nile Cataract. Why would
this royal family of Nubian ancestry ban other Nubians from coming into
Egyptian territory? Because the Egyptian rulers of Nubian ancestry had become
Egyptians culturally; as pharaohs, they exhibited typical Egyptian attitudes and
adopted typical Egyptian policies."F. J. Yurco. "'Were the ancient Egyptians black or white?'". Biblical Archaeology Review. (Vol 15, no. 5, 1989): 24–9, 58.
Van de Mieroop, Marc (2021). A history of ancient Egypt (Seconded.). Chichester, West Sussex. p.99. ISBN978-1119620877.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
Fletcher, Joann (2017). The story of Egypt: the civilization that shaped the world (First Pegasus books paperbacked.). New York. pp.Chapter 12. ISBN978-1681774565.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
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