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English:
The earliest known mention of the name of Itytawy, the ancient Egyptian lost city founded by pharaoh Amenemhat I of the 12th Dynasty. It appears on the stele Cairo CG20516, dated to the regnal year 30 of this pharaoh. The name of the city is sourrounded by a fortified enclosure.
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| Source | Grab- und Denksteine des Mittleren Reichs, I , in Catalogue général des antiquités égyptiennes du Musée du Caire, N. 20001-20780 , Cairo 1902, available copyright-free online , p.109. |
| Author | Hans Ostenfeld Lange (1863-1943); Heinrich Schäfer (1868-1957) |
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The author died in 1957, so this work is in the public domain in its country of origin and other countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 60 years or fewer . This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office ) before January 1, 1929. |