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Kolanthes orKolanthes the Child (Koine Greek:Κολάνθης,Ancient Egyptian:𓈎𓄓𓍑𓄿𓏤𓀔 ) is a child deity from the late period ofancient Egyptian religion. He has been documented since the second century BC in the circle of the deities ofAkhmim (KoinePanopolis) in the ninth Upper EgyptianNome (Egypt).
Kolanthes was a son within the patron trinity of Akhmim. In theTemple of Athribis, his mother wasRepyt (GreekTriphis).[1][2] Aperetiset also was identified as his mother. The godMin acted as his father.
Kolanthes was identified withHorus, the divine child and thePharaoh, and he was called "the child ofOsiris andIsis".
The cult sites of Kolanthes are located north and south of Akhmim. In the quarries ofGabal El Haridi andPtolemais Hermiou (Arabic: al-Mansha),Demotic (Egyptian) rock inscriptions mentioning Kolanthes have been found. Other sources include Greek inscriptions, a stele inscribed with hieroglyphs from the time of the Roman EmperorHadrian, and the recently discovered extensive inscriptions from the temple of Athribis.
The hieroglyphic and demotic spellings of the name “Kolanthes” are inconsistent. It may be presumed that this god is not of Egyptian origin.
In the Greek inscriptions, the name is writtenΚολάνθης,Κολάνθας, orΚολάνθος. The demotic spelling may be translated as QrnDA, according to theManuel de Codage.
The inscriptions of the Temple of Athribis have different hieroglyphic spellings in the various scenes.
Szene C 2, 312b:
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Szenen C 1, 702; C 1, 743; C 3, 152; C 3, 172:
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Szenen C 3, 162; C 5, 572; C 5, 672:
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Szenen C 1, 411; C 1, 511; C 5, 52
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