Iqer
Sign in to savethumb|The Iqer nome on the White chapel of king [[Senusret I]] Iqer was a nome in ancient Egypt, the sixth Upper province. Its capital was Iunet, modern Denderah. Next to Iunet, where Hathor was worshipped, a place called Shabet (identified by Henri Gauthier to be near modern Qena) was lying in the sixth Upper Egyptian nome, another place was Khadj. The exact locations of these towns is uncertain.
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thumb|The Iqer nome on the White chapel of king [[Senusret I]] Iqer was a nome in ancient Egypt, the sixth Upper province. Its capital was Iunet, modern Denderah. Next to Iunet, where Hathor was worshipped, a place called Shabet (identified by Henri Gauthier to be near modern Qena) was lying in the sixth Upper Egyptian nome, another place was Khadj. The exact locations of these towns is uncertain.
To the south it was bordered by the fifth nome centered on Coptos.
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