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Snake Cults and Military Life in New Kingdom Egypt
Kasia Szpakowska 
Walls of the Prince: Egyptian Interactions with Southwest Asia in Antiquity. Essays in Honour of John S. Holladay Jr, Pages: 274 - 291
Swansea University Author:
Kasia Szpakowska
Abstract
Figurines of rearing cobras made of clay have been found in Late Bronze Age settlements, military and administrative centers along the Mediterranean from Libya into the Levant. Over 700 fragments have are known so far, with more being discovered in excavations, particularly in Egypt's Delta reg...
| Published in: | Walls of the Prince: Egyptian Interactions with Southwest Asia in Antiquity. Essays in Honour of John S. Holladay Jr |
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| Published: |
Brill
2015
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| URI: | https://cronfa.swan.ac.uk/Record/cronfa660 |
| Abstract: |
Figurines of rearing cobras made of clay have been found in Late Bronze Age settlements, military and administrative centers along the Mediterranean from Libya into the Levant. Over 700 fragments have are known so far, with more being discovered in excavations, particularly in Egypt's Delta region. This article provides an overview of the sites in which they are found, their form, and their likely function in religious cults. |
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| Keywords: |
snake, Demonology, magic, Figurines, archaeology, cobra, fire, goddess, Levant, Israel, Lebanon, Ancient Egypt, Egyptology, religion |
| College: |
Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences |
| Start Page: |
274 |
| End Page: |
291 |