{"database": "deitydb", "table": "entities", "rows": [["ENT_MER_ARENSNUPHIS", "Arensnuphis", null, "Meroitic", "Meroitic deity / syncretized with Anhur-Shu", "Warrior Deity", "companionship; sky; protection; warrior", null, null, null, "A", null, null, null, null, null, "Arensnuphis (also Arsnuphis, Ari-hes-nefer \u2014 \"Good Companion\") is a Meroitic deity extensively attested at Philae, where he had his own chapel (the Kiosk of Qertassi, and chapels on Philae island proper), and at Musawwarat es-Sufra. His name in Meroitic transliteration suggests \"the beautiful (good) companion.\" At Philae, Arensnuphis was closely associated with the Isis cult (Philae being the principal Isis sanctuary in the Greco-Roman world) and was explicitly syncretized with Anhur/Onuris, the Egyptian war and sky deity. The syncretism is well-attested in Greek dedications from Philae: Arensnuphis Onuphris (= Onuris), making him both Meroitic and Egyptian simultaneously. He is also linked with Shu, the Egyptian air deity, through the Onuris-Shu theological complex. His iconography at Philae shows him in Egyptian style \u2014 the double-plumed crown and carrying a spear. The deity clearly represents an early phase of the Meroitic-Egyptian religious interface at the border zone of the First/Second Cataract. T\u00f6r\u00f6k (1997) pp. 475-478.", "deity"]], "columns": ["entity_id", "canonical_name", "greek_name", "tradition", "entity_type", "category", "primary_domains", "tags", "cult_scope", "primary_period", "evidence_confidence", "review_status", "inclusion_basis", "earth_association_score", "chthonic_flag", "serpent_flag", "short_note", "entity_class"], "primary_keys": ["entity_id"], "primary_key_values": ["ENT_MER_ARENSNUPHIS"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 154.90652399967075, "source": "jebboone/deitydb", "source_url": "https://github.com/jebboone/deitydb", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT"}