Lycopolis (Delta)

Lycopolis (Delta)
Lycopolis (Delta); ϣⲉϫⲓⲛ; سجين الكوم
	Lycopolis (Delta) Location in Egypt
	Coordinates: 30°9′N 31°05′E
Country	Egypt
Governorate	Gharbia
Time zone	UTC+2 (EST)
• Summer (DST)	+3

Lycopolis or Lykopolis (Greek: Λυκούπολις, Strabo xvii. p. 802; Steph. B. s. v.; Ancient Egyptian: Škȝn, Coptic: *ϣⲉϫⲓⲛ; modern Sajin al-Kum Arabic: سجين الكوم‎)[1], or the Deltaic Lycopolis was an ancient town in the Sebennytic nome in Lower Egypt, in the neighbourhood of Mendes, and, from its appellation, apparently founded by a colony of Osirian priests from the town of Lycopolis in Upper Egypt. The Deltaic Lycopolis was the birthplace of the Neo-Platonic philosopher Plotinus in 204. (Suidas, p. 3015.)

Reference

This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Smith, William, ed. (1854–1857). "^{article name needed}". Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography. London: John Murray.

Carsten Peust, Konstanz (2010). Koptische Dialektologie anhand ägyptisch-arabischer Ortsnamen. Göttingen. p. 89.

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[1] Carsten Peust, Konstanz (2010). Koptische Dialektologie anhand ägyptisch-arabischer Ortsnamen. Göttingen. p. 89.