By Eugene Cruz-Uribe
This volume publishes 534 new demotic graffiti recorded at the temple of Isis on Philae Island, presented with drawings and photographs. New editions of 101 of the graffiti that were published by F. Griffith in his Catalogue of the Demotic Papyri in the Dodecaschoenus (1937) are published here. These reedited texts were mainly chosen because new drawings provided significant new readings from those made by Griffith, or they helped elucidate the scope and meaning of some of the new graffiti by placement. The volume also includes an essay interpreting the role of the graffiti in understanding the political and religious activities at Philae temple during the last centuries of worship of the goddess Isis, mainly by Nubian priests and pilgrims.
The Demotic Graffiti from the Temple of Isis on Philae Island
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MVCAE vol. 3
xvi + 322 pages (with 18 half tones and numerous drawings)
8.5 x 11 inches
ISBN 978-1-937040-47-5 (hardcover)
ISBN 978-1-937040-48-2 (PDF)
January 2016
Table of Contents
List of Graffiti Published by Griffith Reedited in This Volume
List of Figures
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
Introduction
Catalogue
Portico of Nectanebo
West Colonnade and Adjoining Wall
East Colonnade
Great Pylon
East Colonnade between the Pylons
Mammisi, West Colonnade
Mammisi, East Colonnade
Mammisi, North Colonnade
Mammisi, Exterior South, and Portico
Mammisi, Chamber 1, West Side
Mammisi, Chamber 1, East Side
Mammisi, Roof “Tank”
Second Pylon
Pronaos, Naos
Temple Roof, Naos, and Pronaos
Gate of Hadrian
Temple of Imhotep
Temple of Arsenuphis
Temple of Hathor
Kiosk of Augustus
Bibliography
Index of Personal Names
Indexes of Royal Names and Deities
Index of Titles
Index of Words