Khaset (nome)

Khaset (Mountain bull, also Chasuu) was one of 42 nomes (administrative division) in ancient Egypt.[1][2][3][4]
Khaset
in hieroglyphs
Khaset, nome 6 at the "White Chapel" in Karnak
Map of all nomes in Lower Egypt

Geography

Khaset was one of the 20 nomes in Lower Egypt and had district number 6.

The area of the district is not readable, usually the nomes were about 30-40 km (18-24 miles) in length and their area depending on the depth of the Nile valley and the beginning of the desert.[1] The area was calculated in cha-ta (1 cha-ta equals roughly 2.75 hectare / 2.4 acres) and the distance was calculated in iteru (1 iteru equals roughly 10.5 km / 6.2 miles) in length. [5]

The Niwt (main city) was Khasu/Xois (part of modern Sakha) and among other cities were Per-Wadjet/Buto (modern Tell el-Farain). Per-Wadjet was sometimes also part of the Sap-Meh nome. [2][3][4]

History

Every nome was ruled by a nomarch (provincial governor) who answered directly to the pharaoh.[2][3]

Every niwt had a Het net (temple) dedicated to the chief deity and a Heqa het (nomarch's residence).[1]

The district's main deities were Wadjet and Ra. Other major deities in the area included Isis and Osiris.[2][3][4] Today the area is part of the Gharbia Governorate.

References
  1. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-12-09. Retrieved 2010-07-25.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link), Egypt Ancient.net, accessdate=2010-08-15
  2. , Reshafim.org, accessdate=2010-08-15
  3. , Aldokan.com, accessdate=2010-08-15
  4. , Digital Egypt for Universities, accessdate=2010-08-15
  5. , Faszination Ägypten (in German), accessdate=2010-08-15
  • Helck, Wolfgang ; Westendorf, Wolfhart: Lexikon der Ägyptologie. Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz 1977. ISBN 3-447-01876-3
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