Nomos (English spelling)

Japanese: ノモス（英語表記）nomos

The Greek name of the administrative division of ancient Egypt, Sepet. During the Ptolemaic period, Egypt was divided into 42 nomes, 22 in Upper Egypt and 20 in Lower Egypt. The oldest surviving list of nomes remains on the wall of the pyramid mortuary temple of King Snefru of the 4th Dynasty (c. 2613-c. 2494 BC). Its origin probably goes back to the tribal communities scattered along the Nile River in the Predynastic period, which gradually took the form of a nome during the unification process. During the dynastic period, they became local administrative divisions equivalent to provinces and prefectures, and there were also central cities, where the king appointed governors, but these were often hereditary local aristocrats. The number of nomes increased and decreased over time.

Nomos

Please see the "Nomos and Physis" page.

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Japanese:

古代エジプトの地方行政区画名セペトのギリシア名。プトレマイオス朝時代のエジプトは上エジプト 22，下エジプト 20の合計 42のノモスに分れていた。現存する最古のノモスのリストは第4王朝 (前 2613頃～2494頃) のスネフル王のピラミッド葬祭殿の壁面に残っている。起源はおそらく先王朝時代のナイル川流域に点在した部族共同体にまでさかのぼると思われ，それが統一過程において次第にノモスの形をとったものと思われる。王朝時代に入ると州や県に相当する地方の行政区画になり，中心の都市もあり，王は知事を任命したが，地方貴族が世襲する場合が多かった。時代によりその数は増減した。