Ombos
Ombŏs, ī, f. , ville de la Thébaïde, sur le Nil : Juv. 15, 15.
OMBOS (Kom-Ombo) Egypt.
A city on the E bank of the Nile, 168 km S of Thebes. It reached its glory during the Ptolemaic period and became the capital of the Ombite nome, which extended S to Elephantine. Its Graeco-Roman temple is unusual in that it is a double building dedicated to the cults of two gods, Sobek the crocodile god and Haroeris with the falcon's head.
BIBLIOGRAPHYA. Weigall, A guide to the Antiquities of Upper Egypt (1913) 374-90. Plan of the temple on p. 381; Porter & Moss, Top. Bibl., VI. Upper Egypt: Chief Temples (1939) 178-203P; E. Brunner-Traut & V. Hell, Aegypten (1966) 634-37P.
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