Mandulis

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Mandulis was a god of ancient Nubia also worshipped in Egypt. The name Mandulis (Μανδουλις) is the Greek form of Merul or Melul, a non-Egyptian name. At Philae, he is depicted in humanoid form on a wall next to the last known hieroglyphic inscription.

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When

First attested
1000 BCE
Attested period
-1000 – 400
Historical notes
Temple of Kalabsha constructed under the Ptolemies (305 to 30 BC). Last known hieroglyphic inscription dedicated to him in AD 394.

Relationships

syncretized with
Sun, Aion

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“Mandulis”

#2689 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5

“Mandulis (also Merul and Melul) was a god of ancient Nubia also worshipped in Egypt. The name Mandulis (Μανδουλις) 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.”

#11910 · extracted by google/gemini-2.0-flash-001

“Mandulis – A Lower Nubian Sun deity who appeared in some Egyptian temples”

#24881 · extracted by anthropic/claude-sonnet-4.5