nomarchs

At precisely this moment the priests and nomarchs of Nilus from Elephantine to Memphis—a thousand miles—came to Pharaoh Cleopatra and offered to fight to the death of every last Egyptian.

Antony and Cleopatra Colleen McCullough 2007

At precisely this moment the priests and nomarchs of Nilus from Elephantine to Memphis—a thousand miles—came to Pharaoh Cleopatra and offered to fight to the death of every last Egyptian.

Antony and Cleopatra Colleen McCullough 2007

His startled glance won him a grimace from his friend, and the silently mouthed word "nomarchs."

Aerie Lackey, Mercedes 2006

But the police, Royal servants though they were, answered to the nomarchs, the governors of provinces, and their line of command ended at the Royal Vizier, not the King.

Aerie Lackey, Mercedes 2006

I was amused and flattered when I heard that Pharaoh must have taken my advice seriously, and that he had ordered his nomarchs and his governors to scour the length'of the land from El Amarna to the cataracts to find bulls with succulent balls and any virgin who might fit my specifications for the mother of his first son.

River God Smith, Wilbur, 1933- 1993

There were present almost all the high priests, nomarchs, and generals of troops, and among them, covered with glory, was the gray-haired chief of the eastern army, Nitager.

The Pharaoh and the Priest An Historical Novel of Ancient Egypt Boles��aw Prus 1879

Their reports were monotonous to weariness: The high priests and some of the nomarchs, under the leadership of Herhor and Mefres, had shut themselves up in the temple of Ptah.

The Pharaoh and the Priest An Historical Novel of Ancient Egypt Boles��aw Prus 1879

"For the needs of the court, in gifts to nomarchs and to temples."

The Pharaoh and the Priest An Historical Novel of Ancient Egypt Boles��aw Prus 1879

But when he returned to his part of the palace he found there two nomarchs from Lower Egypt who had come to report on their provinces, and when he had heard them out, he was wearied.

The Pharaoh and the Priest An Historical Novel of Ancient Egypt Boles��aw Prus 1879

"I see that here I shall have rest indeed after my occupations with the nomarchs," said Ramses, joyously.

The Pharaoh and the Priest An Historical Novel of Ancient Egypt Boles��aw Prus 1879