Meroitska Isida

Abstract

Rasprostranjenost Isidinog kulta u mediteranskom basenu helenističkog i rimskog perioda je dobro poznat fenomen i tema brojnih studija. Ipak, jedan od specifičnih aspekata kulta Iside u helenističkom i rimskom periodu, u Egiptu i izvan Egipta, jeste njen 'hibridni' karakter: Izida je u isto vreme i egipatsko i neegipatsko božanstvo. Izučavanje lokalnog konteksta posvedočenosti kulta i njegovih aspekata i uloge, ukazuje na postojanje tri osnovne manifestacije božanstva (dinastička Isida, aleksandrijska Isida i rimska Isida) i njihov paralelni suživot. U radu se posebno ukazuje na stepen posvedočenosti kulta dinastičke Iside na teritoriji kraljevstva Meroe.

The diffusion of the cults of Isis over the Hellenistic and Roman Mediterranean is a well-known phenomenon that has been intensively studied. However, one of the most intriguing aspects of the cult of Isis and Isiac gods in the Hellenistic and Roman periods, as is already noted by other authors, inside and outside Egypt, is their 'hybrid' character: they are Egyptian as well as non-Egyptian at the same time. The local contexts of worship point to the large differences in the use and functioning of the cult of Isis. The inhabitants of the Meroitic kingdom were also devoted to the cult of Egyptian Isis, the fact that has been frequently omitted from works that describe Isiac cults within the Greco- Roman world. The article presents a brief outline of the cult of Meroitic Isis.