Middle Nile

Places

4 garden articles in Middle Nile have been published:
Aegyptus / Middle Nile

Garden at Oxyrhynchos

Described as a garden of the city inside its walls (κῆπον τῆς πόλεως ἔνδον τειχῶν ὄντα, 63), called the Paradeisos of Diktynos, with the plants and water for irrigation in it by ...
Aegyptus / Middle Nile

Vineyard, orchard, and reed plantation near Tanais

Near the village of Tanais, Oxyrhynchite nome. Size not stated. Work leased out in 280 CE. Orchard includes date palms and fruit trees (ἀκρόδρυα). Surrounded by a mud-brick wall (...
Aegyptus / Middle Nile

Vineyard 1 in Oxyrhynchite nome

Location unknown and size lost. Subleased in 137 CE for 4 years. Includes reed plantation (καλαμεῖα) and rose garden (ῥοδών). Surrounded by dikes and a palisade. Furnished with a ...
Aegyptus / Middle Nile

Vineyard 2 in Oxyrhynchite nome

A reed plantation, orchard, and garden; location not preserved. Leased in 141 CE for a number of years now lost. Furnished with a sakiya, a small watchtower, and a walled animal ...