Mefkat et la déesse Hathor, topographie et religion dans la IIIe province de Basse Égypte. MIFAO 146. Chypre and Turner

and Turner

This book aims to reread

in the gardens of Hamilcar

" Under Balzac's light

territorial and ethnic complexity of this area at the confluence of numerous cultures (Greek

Mefkat et la déesse Hathor, topographie et religion dans la IIIe province de Basse Égypte. MIFAO 146. Chypre and TurnerSince the work of Jean Yoyotte in the 1980s, it had become apparent that a resumption of the file on Mefkat, a city in the western delta, was necessary, which would include in particular a new edition of the Ritual of Mefky (block Cairo Egyptian Museum JE 45936). The information contained in this naos fragment allows us to revisit the local geography and the places used in the Ritual, but also to clarify different aspects of the theology of Mefkat.