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Abstract
The current issue of Journal of Intercultural and Interdisciplinary Archaeology is mainly dedicated to the various aspects of Renenutet/Isis Thermouthis, but also snake-like deities, their iconography and associated apotropaia. This paper will explore three main topics associated with this topic within the sandstone quarry of Gebel el Silsila: 1) Graeco-Roman anguiform pictorial representations, 2) various deities defined (or associated) with the demotic snake-determinative pA-Si (Shaï/Psais, also known as Agathodaimon), and 3) a unique textual reference to the Greek/Hellenistic goddess (Agatha) Tyche (Fate), who occasionally was regarded an ally of Isis Thermouthis and a Greek female form of the more frequently listed Egyptian Shaï.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 85-96 |
Journal | Journal of Intercultural and Interdisciplinary Archaeology |
Issue number | 2 |
Publication status | Published - 2015 |
Subject classification (UKÄ)
- Archaeology
- Classical Archaeology and Ancient History
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Symbolae sacrae? Quarry marks and their relation to the divine world and writing in Roman Gebel el Silsila (Upper Egypt)
Nilsson, M. (PI), Ward, J. (Research assistant) & Lindgren, S. (Researcher)
2016/04/01 → 2019/03/31
Project: Research