# Memphis

## Ancient names

- mnp: Aramaic
- λευκὸν τεῖχος (leúkon teíchos): Greek
- Memphis: Greek
- Memphis: Latin
- Mempi: Akkadian
- ḥwt-kꜣ-Ptḥ: Egyptian

Source: Pleiades, CC BY 3.0 (https://pleiades.stoa.org/places/736963).

Photo: https://scriptoria.digital/_fotos/i542efa.jpg (Neithsabes, public domain, Wikimedia Commons; https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Temple_d%27Hathor_pano.jpg).

## Passages

- **Isaiah 19:13** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/isaiah/19/13
- **Jeremiah 2:16** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/jeremiah/2/16
- **Jeremiah 44:1** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/jeremiah/44/1
- **Jeremiah 46:14** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/jeremiah/46/14
- **Jeremiah 46:19** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/jeremiah/46/19
- **Ezekiel 30:13** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ezekiel/30/13
- **Ezekiel 30:16** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/ezekiel/30/16
- **Hosea 9:6** (mention) — https://scriptoria.digital/en/bible/hosea/9/6

## Coordinates

29.8488, 31.2530

## Straight-line distances

- **Tahpanhes**: about 89 mi (140 km) in a straight line, 7 days on foot
- **Zoan**: about 86 mi (140 km) in a straight line, 7 days on foot
- **Pelusium**: about 110 mi (180 km) in a straight line, 8 days on foot
- **Thebes**: about 300 mi (480 km) in a straight line
- **Jerusalem**: about 270 mi (440 km) in a straight line

## This document

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