The Refreshing Water of Osiris
Datos Bibliográficos
| ID | 10959331 |
|---|---|
| Autores | Diana Delia (autor de correspondencia) |
| Año | 1992 |
| Volumen | 29 |
| Páginas | 181 |
| Fecha de publicación | 1992-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Sí |
| Open Access | No |
| Tipo | ARTICLE |
| Revista | Journal of the American Research Center in Egypt (JOURNAL) |
| Identificadores de la revista | ISSN: 0065-9991 • E-ISSN: 2330-1880 |
| Editorial | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/40000492 |
| OpenAlex | W2315661681 |
| Idioma | EN |
| Citas recibidas | 4 |
The deceased, Galatianos, is exhorted to be of good cheer and the wish is expressed that Osiris will offer him vj/uxpov 55o)p, cool water. Seventeen parallels have been published; six of these likewise came from Alexandria, thirteen from other sites in Egypt, Carthage, and Italy.4 The formula appears on sepulchral stelae of males and females, ten to thirty-five years of age, possessing Egyptian, Greek, and Roman names. All of the inscriptions date within the first three centuries of the Roman Principate.5 Rohde suggested that the formula 5oir| ooi 6 Ooeipic; to \|/DXp6v i)5cop (may Osiris offer you cool water) developed among Greeks in Roman Egypt pursuant to earlier Greek traditions, particularly the so-called Orphic lamellae. Those who would favor Greek origin, however, ignore the Egyptian evidence that establishes beyond all reasonable doubt that this formula derives from ancient Egyptian religious ritual and belief. Indeed the number and scattered
Art · Biology · Osiris · Ancient Egypt and Archaeology · Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History · Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies
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| Intervalo de citas | 2021 - 2023 (3) |
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