Hebenu
Sign in to saveHebenu (, , ) or Alabastron () was a city in ancient Egypt. It was located in Middle Egypt, or the Heptanomy, and belonged to the Hare nome (. It was the early capital of the Oryx nome (. The modern village of Zawiyat al-Amwat () (Minya Governorate) is built on the site where the ancient city stood.
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Hebenu (, , ) or Alabastron () was a city in ancient Egypt. It was located in Middle Egypt, or the Heptanomy, and belonged to the Hare nome (. It was the early capital of the Oryx nome (. The modern village of Zawiyat al-Amwat () (Minya Governorate) is built on the site where the ancient city stood.
==Geography== Alabastron was located on the east bank of the Nile north of Antinoöpolis and Hermopolis. It is placed in present-day el-Kom el-Ahmar about 10 kilometers south of present-day Minya. Ptolemy placed the city in Middle Egypt, but Pliny the Elder in Upper Egypt proper in the Thebaid.
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