Ta-wer (''the great land'') was the 8th

Upper Egypt Upper Egypt ( ar, صعيد مصر ', shortened to , , locally: ; ) is the southern portion of Egypt and is composed of the lands on both sides of the Nile that extend upriver from Lower Egypt in the north to Nubia in the south. In ancient ...

ian ancient nome. Its capital was

Thinis Thinis (Greek: Θίνις ''Thinis'', Θίς ''This'' ; Egyptian: Tjenu; cop, Ⲧⲓⲛ; ar, ثينيس) was the capital city of the first dynasties of ancient Egypt. Thinis remains undiscovered but is well attested by ancient writers, includ ...

, and another important town was

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. The exact borders of the nome are not known for sure, but the southern border might have been near

Abu Tesht Abu Tesht ( ar, أبو تشت; cop, ) is a town and Markaz north of Qena governorate (province). History It is considered one of the oldest inhabited areas in Egypt as it includes the Naqada area which contain remains of prehistoric civiliza ...

(ancient ''Pi-djodj''). The Northern border was most likely North of Hagarsa where there are

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tombs connected with the 8th nome.Edward Brovarski (2018)ː ''Naga ed-Dêr in the First Intermediate Period'', Loockwood Press, Atlanta, Georgia, , p. 51-52 Important

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of the nome were found at

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. Several

nomarch A nomarch ( grc, νομάρχης, egy, ḥrj tp ꜥꜣ Great Chief) was a provincial governor in ancient Egypt; the country was divided into 42 provinces, called nomes (singular , plural ). A nomarch was the government official responsib ...

s (provincial governors) are known by name, including

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and

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{{reflist Nomes of ancient Egypt