The Deity Shemaa-nefer “Sma nfr” at Esna Temple
El Weshahy, M., Mohamed Hafez, N. (2019). The Deity Shemaa-nefer “Sma nfr” at Esna Temple. EKB Journal Management System, 17(2), 15-31. doi: 10.21608/jaauth.2019.91938
Mofida Hassan El Weshahy; Noha Mohamed Hafez. "The Deity Shemaa-nefer “Sma nfr” at Esna Temple". EKB Journal Management System, 17, 2, 2019, 15-31. doi: 10.21608/jaauth.2019.91938
El Weshahy, M., Mohamed Hafez, N. (2019). 'The Deity Shemaa-nefer “Sma nfr” at Esna Temple', EKB Journal Management System, 17(2), pp. 15-31. doi: 10.21608/jaauth.2019.91938
El Weshahy, M., Mohamed Hafez, N. The Deity Shemaa-nefer “Sma nfr” at Esna Temple. EKB Journal Management System, 2019; 17(2): 15-31. doi: 10.21608/jaauth.2019.91938

The Deity Shemaa-nefer “Sma nfr” at Esna Temple

Journal of Association of Arab Universities for Tourism and Hospitality
Article 2, Volume 17, Issue 2, December 2019, Page 15-31  XML PDF (2.14 MB)
Document Type: Original Article
DOI: 10.21608/jaauth.2019.91938
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Authors
Mofida Hassan El Weshahy1; Noha Mohamed Hafez2
1faculty of tourism and hotels, Suez Canal University
2Faculty of Tourism and Hotels, Suez Canal University
Abstract
Shemaa-nefer is the crocodile god who was mentioned at Esna Temple as “the son of goddess Neith”. His name means “the long and the good god” which agrees with the main figure of the god more than “the southern beautiful”. Shemaa-nefer was not only sacred at Upper Egypt.  His name was found among the deities’ names “Semenouphis, Samanouphis” in some of the Greek texts from the 2nd and 3rd centuries. His name appeared on one of the papyrus which was found at Elephantine. Another papyrus found at Esna mentioned the deity’s name, but it is now in Chicago[i]. This research aims to; (1)shed light on the deity Shemaa-nefer; (2) study the role of Shemaa-nefer at Esna; (3) study the relationship of Shemaa-nefer with the other deities.
Keywords
Shemaa-nefer; crocodile; Esna; Neith
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