Calling out to Isis : the enduring Nubian presence at Philae / Solange Ashby.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ashby, Solange, author.

Series:

Gorgias studies in the ancient Near East ; Volume 13.

Gorgias Studies in the Ancient Near East ; Volume 13

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Temple of Isis (Aswan, Egypt).

Nubians--Egypt--Aswān.

Nubians.

Egypt--Religion--332 B.C.-640 A.D.

Egypt.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (0 p.)

Place of Publication:

Piscataway, New Jersey : Gorgias Press LLC, [2020]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

The expansion of the cult of the goddess Isis throughout the Mediterranean world demonstrates the widespread appeal of Egyptian religion in the Greco-Roman period. In this monograph, Ashby focuses on an oft-neglected population in studies of this phenomenon: Nubian worshipers. Through examination of prayer inscriptions and legal agreements engraved on temple walls, as well as Ptolemaic royal decrees and temple imagery, Ashby sheds new light on the involvement of Nubians in the Egyptian temples of Lower Nubia, and further draws comparisons between Nubian cultic practices and the Meroitic royal funerary cult.

Contents:

Introduction

Chapter 1. Agreements

Chapter 2. Extension of the Kingdom of Meroe into Lower Nubia

Chapter 3. Last Priests at Philae

Conclusion

Appendix A: Phase I Nubian Inscriptions

Appendix B: Phase II Nubian Inscriptions

Appendix C: Phase II Meroitic-Language Nubian Inscriptions

Appendix D: Phase III Nubian Inscriptions.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

Other Format:

Online version: Ashby, Solange, Calling out to ISIS

ISBN:

9781463239688

1463239688

OCLC:

1158141970