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Anguiform graffiti in the Roman quarries at Gebel el Silsila

Nilsson, Maria LU orcid (2015) In Journal of Intercultural and Interdisciplinary Archaeology p.85-96
Abstract
The current issue of Journal of Intercultural and Interdisciplinary Archaeology is mainly dedicated to the various aspects of Renenutet/Isis Thermouthis, but also snake-like deities, their iconography and associated apotropaia. This paper will explore three main topics associated with this topic within the sandstone quarry of Gebel el Silsila: 1) Graeco-Roman anguiform pictorial representations, 2) various deities defined (or associated) with the demotic snake-determinative pA-Si (Shaï/Psais, also known as Agathodaimon), and 3) a unique textual reference to the Greek/Hellenistic goddess (Agatha) Tyche (Fate), who occasionally was regarded an ally of Isis Thermouthis and a Greek female form of the more frequently listed Egyptian Shaï.
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Journal of Intercultural and Interdisciplinary Archaeology
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85 - 96
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1824-1670
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Symbolae sacrae? Quarry marks and their relation to the divine world and writing in Roman Gebel el Silsila (Upper Egypt)
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  author       = {{Nilsson, Maria}},
  issn         = {{1824-1670}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  number       = {{2}},
  pages        = {{85--96}},
  series       = {{Journal of Intercultural and Interdisciplinary Archaeology}},
  title        = {{Anguiform graffiti in the Roman quarries at Gebel el Silsila}},
  url          = {{https://lup.lub.lu.se/search/files/37233513/20140518_jiia_articolo_nilsson_maria.pdf}},
  year         = {{2015}},
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