Athribis
ATHRIBIS
ATHRIBIS , city in Lower Egypt on the Nile Delta, near the present Benha. Various inscriptions and papyri attest to a Jewish community in Athribis during the Ptolemaic and Roman periods. Two inscriptions dealt with a synagogue built there in the second or third century b.c.e. Jewish property in Athribis was confiscated by the Roman administration following the revolt of 115–17 c.e.
bibliography:
Tcherikover, Corpus, 2 (1960), 255, no. 448; for a selective bibliography see Frey, Corpus, 2 (1952), 370–1, nos. 1443, 1444; W. Dittenberger, Orientis Graeci Inscriptiones Selectae, 1 (1903), 170, no. 96, and 177, no. 101; Schuerer, Gesch, 3 (19074), 43.
[Isaiah Gafni]
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