Karanis
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: R. Müller Wollermann
Creators: R. Müller Wollermann
Contributors:
R. Talbert, Johan Åhlfeldt, Adam Prins, Jen Thum, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, DARMC, Herbert Verreth, Sean Gillies, Mark Depauw
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Last modified
Jun 10, 2024 03:05 PM
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History
Karanis was a settlement (κώμη) located on the northern edge of the Fayum, now Kom Ausīm. Ptolemy II Philadelphus established Karanias in order to settle Greek mercenaries among indigenous Egyptians. This foundation, and others, also aimed to exploit the agricultural fertility of the Fayum depression.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/736932
29.5182407695, 30.9034261769
- Representative Locations:
- DARE Location (330 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 10 meters.
- OSM location of Karanis (330 BC - AD 640) accuracy: +/- 20 meters.
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- Karanis (330 BC - AD 640)
- Kōm Aushīm (Kom Aushim: Egyptian Arabic, modern)
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- Καρανίδος (Karanidos: Ancient Greek, 30 BC - AD 300)
- Karanis part of (administrative) Arsinoites/Krokodeilopolites Nomos (330 BC - AD 300)
- Karanis located north of Fayyum (oasis) (unspecified date range)
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settlement
- Evidence:
- See Further:
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- BAtlas 75 D1 Karanis
- Bagnall and Lewis 1979
- Boak 1931
- Boak 1933
- Boak 1955
- C-D 1 165-67
- C-D 2 88
- C-D 3 70-79
- Davoli 1998 73-116
- Gazda 1983
- Grenfell 1970
- Haug 2012
- Hogarth and Grenfell 1895 pp. 14-19
- Husselman 1952
- Motta et al. 2024
- New Pauly Caranis (K. Jansen-Winkeln)
- PECS (Perseus) KARANIS (Kôm Aushim) Egypt
- Pollard 1998
- Schuman 1947
- Verhoogt 2018
- Whitehouse 1999
- Wikipedia (English) Karanis
- Wilfong 2014
- Youtie 1944
- van Minnen 1994
- van Minnen 1995
- Related:
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 75 D1 Karanis
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: Kom Awshim
R. Müller Wollermann, R. Talbert, Johan Åhlfeldt, Adam Prins, Jen Thum, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, DARMC, Herbert Verreth, Sean Gillies, and Mark Depauw, 'Karanis: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2024 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/736932> [accessed: 27 April 2025]
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