Calling out to Isis : : The Enduring Presence of Nubian Worshippers at Philae / / Solange Ashby.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2020 English
• VerfasserIn: Ashby, Solange,
• Place / Publishing House: Piscataway, NJ : : Gorgias Press, , [2020]; ©2020
• Year of Publication: 2020
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (0 p.)
• Other title: Frontmatter --; TABLE OF CONTENTS --; Acknowledgments --; Abbreviations --; MAPS --; 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 --; Bibliography --; Glossary --; Index
• Format: Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
• ISBN: 9781463239688; 9783110704716; 9783110704518; 9783110704778; 9783110704570; 9783110689587
• DOI: 10.31826/9781463239688
• Access: restricted access
• Hierarchical level: Monograph
• Statement of Responsibility: Solange Ashby.

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.