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Tanis

An ancient settlement of the eastern Fayoum, administratively in the ancient Arsinoite nome, that is well-documented in the papyri. The site has been identified with a village known as Manashinshana at the beginning of the 20th century, which is probably to be identified with a small settlement known locally today as Shanashinshana.

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