{"database": "deitydb", "table": "entities", "rows": [["ENT_MER_MANDULIS", "Mandulis", null, "Meroitic", "solar deity / lord of the Abaton", "Sun Deity", "sun; solar light; divine epiphany; healing; protection; Lower Nubia", null, null, null, "A", null, null, null, null, null, "Mandulis (also Marul, in Meroitic; Mandoulis or Malul in Greek inscriptions) is the solar deity of Lower Nubia (the region between the First and Second Cataracts, the Dodekaschoinos), whose principal cult center was the temple at Kalabsha (ancient Talmis, modern Kalabsha near Aswan). The Kalabsha temple was rebuilt under the Roman Emperor Augustus (c. 20 BCE) and is the largest free-standing ancient Egyptian-style temple in Nubia \u2014 now relocated to New Kalabsha following the construction of the High Dam at Aswan. Mandulis is one of the most extensively documented Meroitic deities through Greek inscriptions: approximately 30 Greek votive inscriptions from Kalabsha survive, including the famous Hymn of Isidoros (c. 100 BCE\u2013100 CE), a lengthy Greek hexameter hymn to \"Mandulis, Lord of the Abaton,\" describing his solar epiphany and healing power. He is described as seeing the whole world with his solar eye, driving away darkness, and revealing divine truth to the initiate. Like Egyptian Ra and Horus, he is depicted as a falcon-headed figure with a solar disk; he was also assimilated to Horus in the Nubian syncretic tradition. Perfectly attested as a solar deity paralleling both Ra and Horus in function. T\u00f6r\u00f6k (1997) pp. 478-482.", "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_MANDULIS"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 80.03149799969833, "source": "jebboone/deitydb", "source_url": "https://github.com/jebboone/deitydb", "license": "MIT", "license_url": "https://opensource.org/licenses/MIT"}