Aphroditopolite Nome
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9a/Nome_10_of_Upper-Egypt.png/220px-Nome_10_of_Upper-Egypt.png)
The Aphroditopolite Nome (also Wadjet) was a nome in ancient Egypt. The administrative region was the tenth nome of Upper Egypt.[1] Its capital was Tjebu. During the Ptolemaic period, the nome's capital city was Aphroditopolis.
Several governors of the province are known. These include Kaikhenet (II) in the Old Kingdom.
References
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/4/4a/Commons-logo.svg/30px-Commons-logo.svg.png)
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Nome 10 of Upper Egypt (Cobra land).
- ^ Article "An Egyptian Village in the Age of Justinian" in The Journal of Hellenic Studies, Vol. 64, 1944 (1944), pp. 21-36
- v
- t
- e