A Vestige of the Ptolemaic Crocodile Cult in a Curse from Caesarea Maritima against a Pantomime Dancer
A curse tablet found during excavations at the Promontory Palace in Caesarea Maritima is directed against a pantomime dancer. Noteworthy among the gods addressed is a group of crocodile gods. Their importance in the curse is underscored by the depiction of a crocodile at the lower right of the text,...
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| Medienart: | Elektronisch Aufsatz |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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Mohr Siebeck
2021
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Religion in the Roman empire
Jahr: 2021, Band: 7, Heft: 1, Seiten: 71-77 |
| normierte Schlagwort(-folgen): | B
Caesarea Maritima
/ Ptolemaios, III., Ägypten, König 284 v. Chr.-221 v. Chr.
/ Krokodil
/ Kult
/ Griechenland (Altertum)
/ Religion
/ Fluchtafel
/ Pantomimus
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| RelBib Classification: | AG Religiöses Leben; materielle Religion BE Griechisch-Römische Religionen KBL Naher Osten; Nordafrika |
| weitere Schlagwörter: | B
crocodiles
B Ptolemies B Curse B Caesarea Maritima B animal cult B Pantomime |
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| Zusammenfassung: | A curse tablet found during excavations at the Promontory Palace in Caesarea Maritima is directed against a pantomime dancer. Noteworthy among the gods addressed is a group of crocodile gods. Their importance in the curse is underscored by the depiction of a crocodile at the lower right of the text, the only drawing on the tablet. The present article suggests that these crocodile gods are a remnant of the Ptolemaic crocodile cult, which was presumably introduced into the region when it was under Ptolemaic rule in the third century BCE. |
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| ISSN: | 2199-4471 |
| Enthält: | Enthalten in: Religion in the Roman empire
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1628/rre-2021-0007 |