What is "pharbaetus"

Pharbaethus or Pharbaetus , also known as Sheten or Šetennu, was an ancient town in the Nile Delta. It served as the capital of the nome of Pharbaethites/Lapt in Lower Egypt.

Pharbaetus is referred to in a stele of the 7th century BC, and described by Herodotus, Strabo, and Pliny.

The Greco-Roman name of Pharbaetus comes from the Egyptian p 'the' + Hor abot, a popular name for Hor-mer ( Horus of two eyes). This name is reproduced under the form Karbeuthos in George of Cyprus.