A falcon shrine at the port of Berenike (Red Sea coast, Egypt)

• Verfasst von: Oller Guzmán, Joan [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Abella, David Fernández [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Pita, Vanesa Trevín [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Kaper, Olaf E. [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Ast, Rodney [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Osypińska, Marta [VerfasserIn]
• Verfasst von: Sidebotham, Steven E. [VerfasserIn]
• Titel: A falcon shrine at the port of Berenike (Red Sea coast, Egypt)
• Verf.angabe: Joan Oller Guzmán, David Fernández Abella, Vanesa Trevín Pita, Olaf E. Kaper, Rodney Ast, Marta Osypińska, and Steven E. Sidebotham
• E-Jahr: 2022
• Jahr: [October 2022]
• Umfang: 25 S.
• Illustrationen: Illustrationen
• Fussnoten: Gesehen am 04.10.2023
• Titel Quelle: Enthalten in: American journal of archaeology
• Ort Quelle: Chicago, IL : University of Chicago Press, 1897
• Jahr Quelle: 2022
• Band/Heft Quelle: 126(2022), 4 vom: Okt., Seite 567-591
• ISSN Quelle: 1939-828X
• DOI: doi:10.1086/720806
• Datenträger: Online-Ressource
• Sprache: eng
• K10plus-PPN: 186067545X

Abstract

During excavations at the Hellenistic-Roman port of Berenike (on the Red Sea coast of Egypt) in the winter of 2019, work in the so-called Northern Complex documented a religious space from the Late Roman period. The excavation of a portion of this space recorded material that, together with the architecture, suggests a ritual function associated with a falcon cult. This study examines the features of this edifice and the interpretation of the religious materials found in it and proposes a possible relationship with the Blemmyan population who lived in Berenike between the fourth and sixth centuries CE.1