The Approach to the Egyptian Temple in the Late and Graeco-Roman Periods

Badawy, Alexander

doi:10.1524/zaes.1975.102.jg.79

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“…Inscribed in Egyptian Demotic in the forecourt, the columned area leading up to the temple that was typically used for public celebration, the gathering of cult association members, and drinking, 87 one agreement recorded a promise to celebrate rites on a specific evening every year. 88 Another agreement in the same area made reference to the "procession of the cult association of Thoth Pnubs."…”

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Dancing for Hathor: Nubian Women in Egyptian Cultic Life

Ashby¹

2018

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I assume these women were of Nubian background based on their depiction with dark brown skin in contrast to the standard Egyptian depiction of women with light brown/ yellow skin. There is no need to assume these Nubian women were not resident in Egypt. With a long history of immigration in both directions, both Nubia and Egypt were very heterogeneous societies. 4 I refer to Nubian popular religion as opposed to the elite religion of Nubia during the Napatan and Meroitic periods, which were highly Egyptianized. 5 Yellin, "Nubian Religion," pp. 136, 141. 6 The addition of porches to temples in the Late Period was closely linked to changes in the composition of processions during the Kushite (Nubian) 25th Dynasty, when laymen joined the priests in procession. See Arnold,

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