The city of Thebes does not appear to have been of great significance before the Eleventh Dynasty and previous temple building there would have been relatively small, with shrines being dedicated to the early deities of Thebes, the Earth goddess Mut and Montu.
Aɣrəm wan Tèbes eqanan aqalan intanedaɣ andiran, idagan wi tumat aqalan agrawan widazarnen maɣran ən Thèbes, tanamokalte tan Terre Mout əd Montou.