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On The Identity And Role Of The God’S Wife Of Amun In Rites Of Royal And Divine Dominion, Mariam Ayad Dr.
On The Identity And Role Of The God’S Wife Of Amun In Rites Of Royal And Divine Dominion, Mariam Ayad Dr.
Sociology, Egyptology & Anthropology Department: Faculty Work
In a striking scene from the Building of Taharqa by the sacred lake at Karnak, a slender athletic-looking woman draws a long, wide-feathered arrow through a double-curved bow. She aims at four round targets represented at the periphery of the scene. Next to her, a male figure uses his pear-headed mace as a bat with which to strike four balls. The male figure is identified as King Taharqa, the penultimate king of the 25th Dynasty. The female archer, on the other hand, is simply identified as a God’s Wife. Her name is not mentioned. Both the king and the God’s …
Religious Literature Of Late Period And Greco-Roman Egypt, Jacqueline Jay
Religious Literature Of Late Period And Greco-Roman Egypt, Jacqueline Jay
Jacqueline E. Jay
Although Egypt was ruled by foreigners during most of the Late and Greco-Roman periods, native religious traditions remained strong and the period witnessed the production of a wide variety of religious texts written in the Egyptian language. This article presents many of the major religious texts of Egypt's Late and Greco-Roman periods and comments on the trends of continuity and change that they suggest. It is divided into three sections. The first discusses texts written on temple walls or on papyri stored in temple scriptoria which speak to the ritual and theological activities of the priesthood. The second examines different …