Visual Source: The Kalabsha Gate Flashcards
Where is the Kalabsha gate located?
On the Egyptian temple of the Sun God: Mandulis
Which Goddess is depicted next to Augustus?
Isis- Goddess of Healing
What is Augustus offering to Isis?
The hieroglyphic for fields- demonstrating abundance
Who made the gate?
Local priests
How is Augustus depicted?
As a pharaoh- living god
What is Augustus wearing?
-Egyptian shendyt (skirt)
-Egptian crown representing the upper and lower kingdoms
-Shirtless: anti-Roman
-Collar style necklace
What do the cartouches read?
‘A Roman’
‘Caesar, The God, Son of a God.’
Assistive Source: what does the frieze on the other side of the gate depicted?
A scene from a wider purification ritual of Augustus being anointed as a Pharaoh by Horus and Thoth
Secondary Scholarship for Assistive source
“This is a clear attempt by the local priest to legitimise Augustus as the Pharoah.
