. Travels in the Upper Egyptian deserts . 10 11 K 1 i fcttf l#02ISSS)IAt 25~ 24. Pi., x. The Red Sea Highroad. 61 harbour, however, was so poor that a new portand town was constructed some five miles to thenorth, where a natural bay was easily able to beimproved into a very fair harbour. This new townwas named Philoteras, in honour of the sister ofPtolemy Philadelphos ( 285), while the olderport was now known as Aennum by foreigners,though to the Egyptians both towns were calledDuau. I was fortunate enough to find some blocksof a Ptolemaic temple at the older Kossair, and onone of them was
. Travels in the Upper Egyptian deserts . 10 11 K 1 i fcttf l#02ISSS)IAt 25~ 24. Pi., x. The Red Sea Highroad. 61 harbour, however, was so poor that a new portand town was constructed some five miles to thenorth, where a natural bay was easily able to beimproved into a very fair harbour. This new townwas named Philoteras, in honour of the sister ofPtolemy Philadelphos ( 285), while the olderport was now known as Aennum by foreigners,though to the Egyptians both towns were calledDuau. I was fortunate enough to find some blocksof a Ptolemaic temple at the older Kossair, and onone of them was the name Duau, followed by thehieroglyph representing a town written twice toindicate the existence of the two ports. Not in-frequently one finds at Koptos and elsewhere shortinscriptions of this period relating to journeysmade along this route to Kossair, and thenceover the high seas. One example may herebe quoted: To the most high goddess Isis, fora fair voyage for the ship Serapis, Herrnaeusdedicates this. I must be permitted to give in full a very inter-esting tariff of
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