Osiris-Smithis in Egyptian Anthroponyms

• Authors: Jennes Gwen
• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

The anthroponym Petorsmethis is attested abundantly in the first two centuries ad. Names of the theophoric Pete-type normally refer to a single deity, although two god’s names or a theonym followed by an epithet is equally possible. Osiris- Smithis, however, seems to refer to a deity (Osiris) followed by an anthroponym (Espmetis). Alternatively , the entire construction Osiris-Smithis may refer to a single deity. In this article the existence of a deity called Osiris-Smithis is explored, as well as the geographical and chronological spread of the personal names mentioning this deity .

Keywords

EN

anthroponyms; theonyms; Assuan; Syene; Osiris-Smithis; chronological evolution; geographical spread

• Publisher: Fundacja im. Rafała Taubenschlaga
• Journal: The Journal of Juristic Papyrology
• Year: 2014
• Issue: 44
• Pages: 137-153

Dates

published

2014

Contributors

author

Jennes Gwen

• Department of Ancient History KU Leuven Blijde-Inkomststraat 21 – box 3307 3000 Leuven Belgium

Identifiers

ISSN

0075-4277