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Last Updated on 03 Jan 2019

Author: Mario C.D. Paganini

CAPInv. 828: U-EGY-025

I. LOCATION

i. Geographical area Egypt
ii. Nome Elephantine (U01)
iii. Site Omboi

II. NAME

i. Association with unknown name U-EGY-025

III. DATE

i. Date(s) Inc.

V. SOURCES

i. Source(s) SEG XXXIX 1702
Note Previous editions: I.Th.Sy. 199, SB I 5776
Online Resources SEG XXXIX 1702
TM 88832
i.a. Source type(s) Epigraphic source(s)
i.b. Document(s) typology & language/script Topos inscription of the god Necht(p)haraus in Greek.
i.c. Physical format(s) Graffito.
ii. Source(s) provenance On the pavement of the forecourt of the temple at Omboi.

VI. BUILT AND VISUAL SPACE

ii. References to buildings/objects topos

X. ACTIVITIES

iii. Worship The topos was singled out in honour of the god Necht(p)haraus, a deified general, closely connected with the cult of the crocodile god Souchos: cf. Ryholt 2018. It is likely that this god was worshiped by those who gathered in this topos.
Deities worshipped Nechtpharaus (?)

XII. NOTES

i. Comments The present graffito on the pavement of the forecourt of the temple singled out the place where an association in honour of the god Necht(p)haraus regularly assembled for their activities: cf. C.Jud.Syr.Eg. p. 45.
iii. Bibliography Ryholt, K. (2018), 'Stele recording the foundation of the cult of Nechtpharaus', in C. Gallazzi (ed.), Tebtynis VI: Scripta varia. Textes hiéroglyphiques, hiératiques, démotiques,
araméens, grecs et coptes sur différents supports (FIFAO 78): 35-7 (S.V.Tebt. I 41)

XIII. EVALUATION

i. Private association Probable
Note It seems probable that the topos in question was the place of meeting of an association in honour of the god Necht(p)haraus, within the larger section dedicated to the crocodile god Souchos-Sobek, in the complex of the temple of Omboi.