The pehu Hp (Sn) of the Western Harpoon nome: physical geography vs. sacred geography

Among the wide range of ‘geographic procession’ types, scholars have identified the so-called ‘pehu processions’, which represent the personification of the marshlands of the nomes of Upper and Lower Egypt. The first attestations of ‘pehu processions’ are carved on the north side of the Red Chapel in Karnak, on the temples of Ramses II at Luxor and Abydos, and on the temple of Seti I on the west bank of Thebes. The toponyms here used do not follow any precise geographical arrangement. Among these representations of pehu, there is the pehu called ‘ Hp (Sn) (?)’. According to Lacau and Chevrer, the reference to Hp (Sn) would have pointed out to the marshland of the 7th nome of Lower Egypt, though without any substantial argument for such an association. Three inscriptions, recorded on the Ptolemaic statue YPM 264191, on the Cairo sarcophagus of Tjaihorpata (CG 29306), and on the coffin of Padi-khonsu (unknown accession number and place of conservation) present a spelling of a toponym ( Hp.wy/HpHp), which seems to be located in the maritime area of Delta. The analysis of the titles and toponyms of these texts has shown the missing link between the later spelling Hp.wy/HpHp and the pehu of New Kingdom Hp (Sn), thus sustaining the hypothesis of Lacau and Chevrier.