Elephantine

There was also a Jewish temple in Elephantine in the post-exilic period.

The Volokh Conspiracy » Genetic Evidence Shows Common Origins of Jews 2010

But the charm of Elephantine is the everlasting charm of natural beauty – of rocks, of palm-woods, of quiet waters.

A Thousand Miles Up the Nile 1891

If these measures of Egypt in furlongs be put together, the result is as follows: —I have already before this shown that the distance along the sea amounts to three thousand six hundred furlongs, and I will now declare what the distance is inland from the sea to Thebes, namely six thousand one hundred and twenty furlongs: and again the distance from Thebes to the city called Elephantine is one thousand eight hundred furlongs.

An Account of Egypt: Being the Second Book of His Histories Called Euterpe. Paras. 1-19 Herodotus 1909

THE green island of Elephantine, which is about a mile in length, lies opposite Assûan and divides the Nile in two channels.

A Thousand Miles Up the Nile 1891

Now there was, far up the Nile, near the cataracts, at a place where the river widens and forms a sort of bay, a large and fertile island called Elephantine, which was inhabited by a half-savage tribe called the Icthyophagi.

Darius the Great Makers of History Jacob Abbott 1841

Its river Nile is navigable as far as the city called Elephantine, the forenamed cataracts hindering ships from going any farther, The haven also of Alexandria is not entered by the mariners without difficulty, even in times of peace; for the passage inward is narrow, and full of rocks that lie under the water, which oblige the mariners to turn from

The Wars of the Jews; or the history of the destruction of Jerusalem Flavius Josephus 1709

If these measures of Egypt in furlongs be put together the result is as follows: — I have already before this shown that the distance along the sea amounts to three thousand six hundred furlongs, and I will now declare what the distance is inland from the sea to Thebes, namely six thousand one hundred and twenty furlongs: and again the distance from Thebes to the city called Elephantine is one thousand eight hundred furlongs.

The History of Herodotus Herodotus 2003

If these measures of Egypt in furlongs be put together the result is as follows: -- I have already before this shown that the distance along the sea amounts to three thousand six hundred furlongs, and I will now declare what the distance is inland from the sea to Thebes, namely six thousand one hundred and twenty furlongs: and again the distance from Thebes to the city called Elephantine is one thousand eight hundred furlongs.

The history of Herodotus — Volume 1 480? BC-420? BC Herodotus 1883

So that these oligarchs would feel at home in a familiar insular setting, he exiled them to the tiny island of Elephantine in the middle of the Nile River at the extreme southern border of Egypt.

Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011

So that these oligarchs would feel at home in a familiar insular setting, he exiled them to the tiny island of Elephantine in the middle of the Nile River at the extreme southern border of Egypt.

Alexander the Great Philip Freeman 2011