What was an Egyptian nome?
A nome (/noʊm/, from Ancient Greek: νομός, nomós, “district”) was a territorial division in ancient Egypt. Each nome was ruled by a nomarch (Ancient Egyptian: ḥrj tp ꜥꜣ Great Chief). The number of nomes changed through the various periods of the history of ancient Egypt. What is a nome god? In religio-mythology, nome god refers,…