page_title: Hu, Egypt
hierarchical_section_title: Hu, Egypt
caption_attribution_description: English: Fragment of pottery door granary, used as a lamp. Probably dates back to the 2nd intermediate period. Probably from Cemetery W at Diospolis Parva (Hu), Egypt. The Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology, London. With thanks to the Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology, UCL.
context_page_description: Hu is the modern name of an Egyptian town on the Nile, which in more ancient times was the capital of the 7th Nome of Upper Egypt.
  The nome was referred to as Sesheshet. The main city was referred to as Hu-sekhem, which became abbreviated as Hu. This led to the Arabic name Hiw.
  In Ptolemaic times the city was called Diospolis Parva in comparison with Thebes, Egypt, known as Diospolis Magna. It also was called Diospolis Superior, in comparison with Diospolis Inferior in the Nile Delta.
context_section_description: Hu (Arabic: هُ‎) is the modern name of an Egyptian town on the Nile, which in more ancient times was the capital of the 7th Nome of Upper Egypt. 
  The nome was referred to as Sesheshet (Sistrum). The main city was referred to as Hu(t)-sekhem, which became abbreviated as Hu. This led to the Arabic name Hiw. 
  In Ptolemaic times the city was called Diospolis Parva (Little Zeus-City) in comparison with Thebes, Egypt, known as Diospolis Magna (Great Zeus-City). It also was called Diospolis Superior (Upper Zeus-City), in comparison with Diospolis Inferior (Lower Zeus-City) in the Nile Delta.
caption: Fragment of pottery used as a lamp,thought to be from the second intermediate period cemetery W at Diospolis Parva (Hu), Egypt - The Petrie Museum of Egyptian Archaeology, London
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