Hebenu (Ancient Egyptian: 𓎛𓃀𓈖𓏌𓍢𓊖, Coptic: ⲧϩⲁⲃⲓⲛ, ⲡⲙⲁⲛϩⲁⲃⲓⲛ, romanized: t-Habin, p-Manhabin, Arabic: حفن, romanized: Hafn)[1] or Alabastron (Koinē Greek: Ἀλάβαστρων πόλις) was a city in ancient Egypt.
It was located in Middle Egypt, or the Heptanomy, and belonged to the Hare nome (𓉆.
The modern village of Zawiyat al-Amwat (Arabic: زاويـــة الأمـــوات) (Minya Governorate) is built on the site where the ancient city stood.
[2] Alabastron was located on the east bank of the Nile north of Antinoöpolis and Hermopolis.
The name is known from the Hellenistic period, i.e. the time of the Ptolemaic Kingdom and Roman Egypt, the second half of the century.