Mandulis

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Mandulis is a Nubian sun god venerated in the region of Lower Nubia, particularly during the Greco-Roman period.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Mandulis canonical 5

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (39)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Nubian deity
deity
sun god
associatedWithRiver Nile
category Gods of the ancient Nile Valley
Nubian gods
Solar gods
cultStatus regional deity
culture Ptolemaic–Roman Egypt
surface form: Greco-Roman Egypt

Nubians
surface form: Nubian
domain sun
function protector deity
solar fertility deity
iconographyFeature often depicted as a youthful male
sometimes shown with ram horns
wears a high feathered crown
languageVariant Maniot Greek
surface form: Greek: Μανδούλις (Mandoulis)

Latin: Mandulis
linkedTo Lower Nubian frontier sanctuaries
majorCultCenter Kalabsha
notableTemple Temple of Kalabsha
surface form: Temple of Mandulis at Kalabsha
origin Nubia
religion Nubian religion
ancient Egyptian religion
syncretizedWith Apollo
Horus
templeConstruction expanded under Roman emperors
typeOfDeity solar deity
veneratedIn Nubia
surface form: Egyptian Nubia

Lower Nubia
Temple of Kalabsha
worshipDecline declined after Christianization of Nubia
worshipers Egyptians
Greeks in Egypt
Nubians
Romans in Egypt
worshipPeriod Late Antiquity
surface form: Late antiquity

Ptolemaic period
Roman period in Egypt

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Temple of Kalabsha mainDeity Mandulis
Kalabsha dedicatedTo Mandulis
Kalabsha hasDeity Mandulis
Blemmyes worshipedDeity Mandulis