page_title: Athribis Project
section_title: Deities
hierarchical_section_title: Athribis Project / Deities
caption_attribution_description: Deutsch: Relief des Kindgottes Kolanthes (Raum C) im Athribis Tempel in Sohag, Ägypten English: Relief of the child god Kolanthes (room C) in the Athribis temple in Sohag, Egypt
context_page_description: The Athribis Project is an archaeological and philological endeavour investigating the ruins of the Pharaonic and later Coptic Christian community of the Ancient Egyptian town of Athribis, near to the modern city of Sohag, Egypt. The aim of the project is to fully and thoroughly research, preserve and publish the written records, material technologies and phases of construction of the large temple in the town, which was dedicated to the god Min-Re, his wife Repit and their son, the child-god Kolanthes.
  A team of Egyptologists, conservationists and architectural experts from Germany, Poland and Egypt have been working on the project since 2003, under the leadership of Christian Leitz, professor of Egyptology at Tübingen University.
context_section_description: The temple is dedicated to the triad of Min-Re, his wife Repit and their son Kolanthes. Min-Re, who was also worshipped in Achmim, represented fertility and is therefore portrayed ithyphallic with a double-feathered crown and an arm stretched upwards as if about to strike. Repit, who takes the form of a lion, is honoured in this temple as the daughter of Ra and a sun goddess in her own right, like other lion goddesses, for example Sekhmet. She wears a sun disc and a uraeus cobra on her head, taking on a protective role. Kolanthes is depicted typically for a child in Ancient Egypt, sitting with his finger to his mouth and his hair in the traditional prepubescent style (sidelock of youth).
caption: Relief of the child god Kolanthes (room C)
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