Heliopolite Nome
The Nomes of Lower Egypt.
The Heliopolite or Thirteenth Nome (Egyptian: Heq-At, lit. "Prospering Scepter") was a province (nome) of Ancient Egypt whose capital was Iunu (the Ptolemaic Heliopolis and modern Ayn Shams, a suburb of Cairo). It formed part of Lower Egypt.
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