Iu-miteru

Iu-miteru (iw-mitrw/jw-mjtrw - the island in the river) was an Ancient Egyptian town in the Fourth Upper Egyptian nome, near Gebelein.[1] The town is often mentioned in Ancient Egyptian texts and was the place for a temple for Sobek. From an inscription found at the Wadi Hammamat it seems certain that the place was at the Southern border of the Fourth Upper Egyptian nome. Modern identification of the location of Iu-Miteru remains uncertain. The ruins of a temple of Sobek were discovered in Naga' Awlad Dahmash (Rizeiqat), which could thus be the ancient Iu-miteru.[2]

Iu-miteru in hieroglyphs

Iu-miteru
iw-mitrw
Island of Miteru, island of the river

Old Kingdom

In the 6th Dynasty, a letter mentions the estate.[3]

Seconnd Intermediate Period

In the Second Intermediate Period, the Temple of Sobek at jw-mjtrw saw attention from Sobekhotep Amenemhat.

Drawing of a seal reading "The son of Ra, Sobekhotep Amenemhat, beloved of Sobek-Ra, Lord of Iu-miteru".[4]

References
  1. Elisa Fiore Marochetti (2009) The Reliefs of the Chapel of Nebhepetra Mentuhotep at Gebelein, pp. 7-8
  2. Farouk Gomaa, Besiedlung Ägyptens im Mttleren Reich, Volume I, Wiesbaden 1986, ISBN 3882262796, pp. 122-125
  3. Turin CGT54002; Roccati (1968) Una lettera inedita dell'Antico Regno, JEA 54, p. 17
  4. Percy Newberry (1908): Scarabs an introduction to the study of Egyptian seals and signet rings, available online copyright free see plate XLIII num 3
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