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The nomes of Upper Egypt had indefinite area, since they only had boundaries along the Nile river, not on the land each side. The longest of these was the 1st nome ("Land of the Bow"), extending for more than 50 miles along the river.
In Lower Egypt (around the Nile delta), nomes were historically bounded by the many different tributaries and branches of the Nile as it spread out; the courses of these branches have all moved since ancient times so our understanding of the size of each nome is far from certain. Perhaps the largest was the 3rd nome of Lower Egypt ("Horus of the West"), which had an area of about 1,080 square miles.
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Ancient Egyptian clans were called?
nomes
What nome was Cleopatra from?
Nomes were Egyptian divisions or counties. They were part of the bureaucracy that ruled and taxed ancient Egypt. Since Cleopatra lived in Alexandria, she can be assumed to have been from the Alexandrian nome. It is unclear whether the Egyptian nomes had their own names, were named after their leading city, or were just numbered.
How many nomes were there in Egypt?
Nomes were administrative districts which had been tribal areas in pre-Dynastic times, often with their own regional gods. There were 22 nomes in Upper Egypt and 20 in Lower Egypt, giving 42 in total.The ancient Egyptian word for nome was written spAt in hieroglyphs.The number 42 had symbolic value, since there were 42 judges of the dead and 42 sacred books.
What are nomes and nomarchs?
Nomes were areas of land in Egypt that were ruled by provincial governors. These governors were called nomarchs.
How was the early Egyptian society divided?
Egypt was divided into Upper Egypt and Lower Egypt and then into 19 districts called nomes.
