Editing Elephantine (section)

==Geography==
Elephantine, or what [[ancient Egypt]]ians called Yebu or Abu is located at the uppermost part of the Nile river that is a part of [[Aswan]].<ref name="Smith-1908">{{Cite journal |last=Smith |first=John Merlin Powis |date=1908 |title=The Jewish Temple at Elephantine |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/3141839 |journal=The Biblical World |volume=31 |issue=6 |pages=448–459 |doi=10.1086/474061 |jstor=3141839 |issn=0190-3578|url-access=subscription }}</ref> Elephantine had the first [[Nome (Egypt)|nome]] of the northern part of Egypt.<ref name="Bunson-1995" /> Elephantine is 1,600 metres from north to south and 450 metres across at its widest point.<ref name="Müller-2016">{{Cite journal |last=Müller |first=Matthias |date=2016 |title=Among the Priests of Elephantine Island Elephantine Island Seen from Egyptian Sources |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/24887875 |journal=Die Welt des Orients |volume=46 |issue=2 |pages=213–243 |doi=10.13109/wdor.2016.46.2.213 |jstor=24887875 |issn=0043-2547|url-access=subscription }}</ref> The layout of this and other nearby islands in Aswan can be seen from west bank hillsides along the Nile. The island is located just downstream of the [[Cataracts of the Nile|First Cataract]], at the southern border of [[Upper Egypt]] with [[Lower Nubia]]. This region above is called Upper Egypt because it is further up the Nile.<ref name="Bunson-1995" />

The island may have received its name after its shape, which in aerial views is similar to that of an [[elephant tusk]], or from the rounded rocks along the banks resembling elephants.<ref name="Rosenberg-2004">{{Cite journal |last=Rosenberg |first=Stephen G. |date=2004 |title=The Jewish Temple at Elephantine |url=https://www.jstor.org/stable/4149987 |journal=Near Eastern Archaeology |volume=67 |issue=1 |pages=4–13 |doi=10.2307/4149987 |jstor=4149987 |issn=1094-2076|url-access=subscription }}</ref>