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

Piscataway, NJ, USA : Gorgias Press, 2020.

©2020

xvii, 332 pages : llustrations, color maps ; 24 cm.

"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"-- Provided by publisher.

Online version: Ashby, Solange, Calling out to ISIS Piscataway, NJ, USA : Gorgias Press, 2020.

English

December 07, 2020

Includes bibliographical references and index.