Mandulis
Sign in to saveMandulis (also Merul and Melul) was a god of ancient Nubia also worshipped in Egypt. The name Mandulis () is the Greek form of Merul or Melul, a non-Egyptian name. The centre of his cult was the Temple of Kalabsha at Talmis, but he also had a temple dedicated to him at Ajuala.
Key facts
- Deity.type
- Nubian
- Deity.temple
- Temple of Kalabsha
- Deity.image
- Flickr - schmuela - NOT a Ba bird.jpg
- Deity.caption
- An image of Mandulis from the Temple of Kalabsha in Nubia
- Deity.region
- Lower Nubia
- Deity.venerated_in
- Nubian mythology
- Deity.god_of
- God of the Sun and Sky
- Deity.animals
- Falcon
- Deity.symbol
- Sun, Crown of Ram Horns, Plumes
- Deity.hiero
- U6:D21-G43-E23:Z2-A40
- Deity.equivalent1
- Horus
- Deity.equivalent1_type
- Egyptian
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Mandulis (also Merul and Melul) was a god of ancient Nubia also worshipped in Egypt. The name Mandulis () is the Greek form of Merul or Melul, a non-Egyptian name. The centre of his cult was the Temple of Kalabsha at Talmis, but he also had a temple dedicated to him at Ajuala.
The worship of Mandulis was unknown to Egypt under the native Pharaohs, the Temple of Kalabsha being constructed under the Ptolemies (305 to 30BC). The temple was popular during the Roman period. It was expanded under the emperors Augustus (27BC–AD14) and Vespasian (AD69–79). A series of dated inscriptions can be found in the temple from the reign of Vespasian down to AD248 or 249. In one of these he is identified as the "Sun, the all-seeing master, king of all, all-powerful Aion."