The Elephant as a Sacred Animal of the Egyptian God Seth during the Græco-roman Period | ||
| حولية الاتحاد العام للآثاريين العرب "دراسات فى آثار الوطن العربى" | ||
| Article 100, Volume 14, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 161-178 PDF (4.49 M) | ||
| Document Type: Original Article | ||
| DOI: 10.21608/cguaa.2011.298085 | ||
| Author | ||
| Sara El Sayed Kitat | ||
| Lecturer in the Tour Guiding Department - Faculty of Tourism and Hotels - Alexandria University | ||
| Abstract | ||
| The elephant was named in the ancient Egyptian language as Abw 1, dnbr 2, and tnbr3. The African elephant, namely Loxodonta Africana was depicted among the numerous fauna in Egypt4. This type of elephants was found carved on the cosmetic palettes, ivory carvings, painted ceramics, rock paintings, as well as bone remains5. The name of the island of Elephantine was probably driven from its name6. Elephantine was called in the ancient times as AbDw 7 that means “elephant land”8. The African elephant was eradicated north of Aswan by the end of the Predynastic period. This was because of many reasons; the continuous human disturbance and hunting as well as the desiccation during that time. The elephants were hunted to make use of their ivory, and leather | ||
| Keywords | ||
| elephant; the Egyptian God Seth | ||
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