# Lepidotonpolis

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{{Infobox settlement
|name = Nag' el-Mashayekh
|other_name = {{lang|ar|نجع المشايخ}}
|pushpin_map= Egypt
|pushpin_mapsize = 300
|pushpin_map_caption = Location in Egypt
|subdivision_type       = Country
|subdivision_name       = {{flag|Egypt}}
|subdivision_type1      = [Governorate](/source/Governorates_of_Egypt)
|subdivision_name1      = [Sohag](/source/Sohag_Governorate)
|timezone               =[EST](/source/Egypt_Standard_Time) 
|utc_offset             = +2
|coordinates            = {{coord|26|20|20|N|31|56|18|E|region:EG|display=inline,title}}
}}

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'''Lepidotonpolis''' ({{langx|grc|Λεπιδότων πόλις}}) is the Greek name of an [ancient Egypt](/source/ancient_Egypt)ian town in [Upper Egypt](/source/Upper_Egypt) under the modern village '''Nag' El Mashayikh''' opposite to modern [Girga](/source/Girga). The ancient Egyptian name of the place was perhaps ''Behedet jabtet'' - or ''Per mehit'' according to [Gauthier](/source/Henri_Gauthier).<ref name= Gauthier88/> Under the modern village are the remains of a [New Kingdom](/source/New_Kingdom) temple. Fragments with the names of the Egyptian kings [Amenophis III](/source/Amenophis_III), [Ramesses II](/source/Ramesses_II), and [Merneptah](/source/Merneptah) were found.<ref>B. Porter and R.L.B. Moss: ''Topographical Bibliography of Ancient Egyptian Hieroglyphic Texts, Reliefs, and Paintings, V. Upper Egypt: Sites'', Oxford, 1937, p. 29</ref> The main deity of the place was the lion goddess [Mehit](/source/Mehit). The lepidotus fish was here worshiped too. Near the temple is an ancient cemetery including the decorated rock cut tomb of [Anhurmose](/source/Anhurmose)<ref>[http://referenceworks.brillonline.com/entries/brill-s-new-pauly/lepidotonpolis-e701730 Lepidotonpolis]</ref> and the tomb of the royal scribe [Imiseba](/source/Imiseba).

==See also==
* [List of ancient Egyptian towns and cities](/source/List_of_ancient_Egyptian_towns_and_cities)

== References ==
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Category:Cities in ancient Egypt
Category:Former populated places in Egypt

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