ⲃⲗϩⲙⲟⲩ (ShMIF 23 84), pl ⲃⲗϩⲙⲟⲟⲩⲉ (BM 280) S, ⲃⲁⲗϩⲙⲱⲟⲩ (P 203 153 Abû'l-Barakât), ⲃⲁⲗⲛⲉⲙⲱⲟⲩⲓ (C 41 43) B; sg only MIF l c, whence Βλέμυς, pl Βλέμυες, barbarian people, dwelling in Christian period on E of Nile, S of Philae (v Sethe in Pauly-Wissowa 3 566); named with Nuba: MIF l c, Miss 4 642, with Saracens: BM l c (cf PCai 1 147); identified later with Begâ بجاة: Miss 4 396 (but v Stern AZ 19 74). Abû'l-Barakât l c equates with بلاد علوة, properly much farther S. Through their land Gihon flows: P 131¹ 62 (v ⲉⲓⲟⲟⲣ); their language: BMis 475; some among Shenoute's monks: MIF l c. Other forms: Mor 47 141 ⲃⲉⲗⲉϩⲙⲟⲩ, Miss 4 642 ⲃⲗⲉϩⲙⲟⲩ (sic), P 131¹ 88 (Epiphan De Gem) ⲃⲉⲗⲉϩⲙⲟⲟⲩⲉ, BMis l c ⲃⲗⲉϩⲙⲟⲟⲩⲉ, ⲃⲉⲗϩⲙⲟⲟⲩⲉ, HT Y^b ⲃⲗϩⲙⲁⲩⲉ.