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Commerce | India, trade with | Egypt
Main city of the 5th upper Egyptian district (besides Ombos and Qūṣ), Egyptian gbtw, which became Greek κοπτός (koptós), Copt. kebt and Arab. qifṭ. Important starting-point for expeditions into the Wadi Hamāmat and the Red Sea. Located in C. were temples for Min (main god), Isis (also referred to as ‘Widow of Coptus’) and Horus; records also indicate a cult of Geb. Colossal stone statues of Min stem from the early 1st dynasty. Protective decrees in the later Old Ki…