Tanis
a Pleiades
place
resource
Creators: R. Müller Wollermann
Creators: R. Müller Wollermann
Contributors:
R. Talbert, Adam Prins, Jen Thum, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, Herbert Verreth, jfu, Sean Gillies, Mark Depauw
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Last modified
Aug 28, 2023 07:57 PM
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History
An ancient settlement of the eastern Fayoum, administratively in the ancient Arsinoite nome, that is well-documented in the papyri. The site has been identified with a village known as Manashinshana at the beginning of the 20th century, which is probably to be identified with a small settlement known locally today as Shanashinshana.
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https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/737069
29.393521, 31.031412
- Central Point:
- Less than certain: Imagery location of modern Shanashinshana (AD 2000 - AD 2099) accuracy: +/- 5 meters.
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- Tanis (330 BC - AD 640)
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- Manashinshana (Arabic, AD 1800 - AD 1999)
- Shana (Arabic, AD 1900 - AD 1999)
- Shanashinshana (Arabic, AD 2000 - AD 2099)
- Shinshana (Arabic, AD 1900 - AD 1999)
- Tell Shinsana (Arabic, AD 2000 - AD 2099)
- Tanis part of (regional) Fayyum (oasis) (unspecified date range)
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settlement, settlement-modern
Barrington Atlas: BAtlas 75 E2 Tanis
The Barrington Atlas Directory notes: (Shin)Shana
R. Müller Wollermann, R. Talbert, Adam Prins, Jen Thum, Jeffrey Becker, Tom Elliott, Herbert Verreth, jfu, Sean Gillies, and Mark Depauw, 'Tanis: a Pleiades place resource', Pleiades: A Gazetteer of Past Places, 2023 <https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/737069> [accessed: 20 June 2025]
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