Abaton (Egyptian mythology)

Abaton (Egyptian mythology) in hieroglyphics
Greek	Abatos ; the inaccessible

With Abaton ( ancient Egyptian Iat-wabet ) were in Greco-Roman period of ancient Egyptian designated places of worship, in which parts of the Osirisleibes buried and when relics were venerated. The graves were ritually defined and therefore presumably with in Greek homonymous Abata equated. Altogether there were around 14 to 16 of these places of worship, the most important of which was west of Philae on Bigeh Island , where the left leg of Osiris was venerated as a relic. Other Abata were in Busiris , Memphis and Abydos . Similar venues are said to have existed in Esna and Akanthon .

The cult processes are handed down through representations and decrees of gods on the inner walls of the Hadriantore in Philae, which agree with the traditions of Greek and Roman writers. On Bigeh, milk offerings were offered to the Ba des Osiris daily in 365 bowls around the tomb . At the beginning of each decade , Isis from the temple in Philae visited the place of worship.

literature

Erich Winter : Abaton. In: Wolfgang Helck (Hrsg.): Lexikon der Ägyptologie (LÄ). Volume I, Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden 1975, ISBN 3-447-01670-1 , Sp. 1-2.

Individual evidence

↑ Hans Bonnet : Reallexikon der Ägyptischen Religionsgeschichte . 3rd, unchanged edition. de Gruyter, Berlin / New York 2000, ISBN 978-3-11-082790-3 , pp. 1 ( limited preview in Google Book Search [accessed July 5, 2015]).

[Hans_Bonnet-1] Hans Bonnet : Reallexikon der Ägyptischen Religionsgeschichte . 3rd, unchanged edition. de Gruyter, Berlin / New York 2000, ISBN 978-3-11-082790-3 , pp. 1 ( limited preview in Google Book Search [accessed July 5, 2015]).