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494 IBREEM OR PRIMIS PARVA. [Chap. VII.
the river, as well as the road by land, and is the
supposed site of Primis.* It contains but few re-
mains of antiquity, except part of the ancient wall
on the south side, and a building, apparently also of
Roman date, in the interior. It is probable that the
Romans, finding1 the position of this fort so well
adapted for the defence of their territories, had sta-
tioned a garrison there as an advanced post, and
that this wall is a part of the ancient works. It
was in later times fixed upon by Soltan Seleem, as
one of the places f peculiarly adapted for a per-
manent station of the troops left by him to keep the
Nubians in check; whose descendants were ex-
pelled from it by the Memlooks or Ghooz,^ on their
way to Shendy, in 1811.
In the rock below this town are some grottoes,
bearing the names of Thothmes III., of Amunoph II.,
and of Remeses II., of the eighteenth dynasty, with
statues in high relief at their upper end.
At Aboo Simbel § are the most interesting remains
* Premnis of Strabo, Primmis or Rhemnia of Pliny; the p
being perhaps the Egyptian article. It was distinguished from
the other Primis by the adjunct parva.
f The inhabitants of Derr and E' Sooan are also descendants
of his Turkish troops.
% Ghooz or Ghwooz, " warriors," was chosen by the late Mem-
looks as a distinctive appellation.
§ The Arabic word Simbel signifies " an ear of corn;" but this
is evidently a corruption of the original Egyptian name. The
name Ibsambul is an error, into which even the learned Burck-
hardt has fallen; I cannot therefore but compliment Captains
Irby and Mangles on their precision in writing it Abousambel, in
preference to received opinion.
the river, as well as the road by land, and is the
supposed site of Primis.* It contains but few re-
mains of antiquity, except part of the ancient wall
on the south side, and a building, apparently also of
Roman date, in the interior. It is probable that the
Romans, finding1 the position of this fort so well
adapted for the defence of their territories, had sta-
tioned a garrison there as an advanced post, and
that this wall is a part of the ancient works. It
was in later times fixed upon by Soltan Seleem, as
one of the places f peculiarly adapted for a per-
manent station of the troops left by him to keep the
Nubians in check; whose descendants were ex-
pelled from it by the Memlooks or Ghooz,^ on their
way to Shendy, in 1811.
In the rock below this town are some grottoes,
bearing the names of Thothmes III., of Amunoph II.,
and of Remeses II., of the eighteenth dynasty, with
statues in high relief at their upper end.
At Aboo Simbel § are the most interesting remains
* Premnis of Strabo, Primmis or Rhemnia of Pliny; the p
being perhaps the Egyptian article. It was distinguished from
the other Primis by the adjunct parva.
f The inhabitants of Derr and E' Sooan are also descendants
of his Turkish troops.
% Ghooz or Ghwooz, " warriors," was chosen by the late Mem-
looks as a distinctive appellation.
§ The Arabic word Simbel signifies " an ear of corn;" but this
is evidently a corruption of the original Egyptian name. The
name Ibsambul is an error, into which even the learned Burck-
hardt has fallen; I cannot therefore but compliment Captains
Irby and Mangles on their precision in writing it Abousambel, in
preference to received opinion.