Pentamegistus

  The following is my attempt to collate a comparative list of Decanal names from various ancient sources, from Pharaonic Egypt to the Byzantine era. This is by no means exhaustive, but will hopefully prove useful. Blogger ruins tables, so I had to include them as images only. Thank you to Alison Chicosky, Ioannis Marathakis, Mogg Morgan, and Kerry Wisner for their invaluable assistance. ___________________ Table 1: Egyptian decans (Esna, Seti); Sacred Book of Hermes to Asclepius; Vosges Hermetic Tablets Table 2 : London Greek papyri, Hephaestion, Firmicus Maternus, Liber Hermetis Table 3: Celsus/Origen, Codex Vindobonensis, Aristobulus Table 4: Decanal demons from the Testament of Solomon Table 5: Gods ruling the Decans, according to Cosmas of Jerusalem Table 6: Egyptian Decans and their figures from the Dendera temple Column A lists their possible decanates based on their order, while B lists the attributions based on their names in comparison with the Seti/Esna lists....

An aretalogy is a first-person litany by a God or Goddess, enumerating their deeds and attributes. Aretalogies were common in late antiquity, and the best known are those of Isis. The most famous and influential Isis aretalogy was found in  Kyme , but others have survived as well. The present one was engraved on a marble slab on the Greek island of Andros, and dates to the first century BC. As far as I know, this was not yet translated into English. It is regrettably fragmentary in a few sections, but otherwise fairly complete. My translation was made from Laurent Bricault's French edition, in  Recueil Des Inscriptions Concernant Les Cultes Isiaques (Ricis): Vol. 1 (Peeters, 2005), 365-368.  The original Greek text is hexametrical. I tried to render the French as closely as possible, but was compelled to take liberties at times with some expressions and go by instinct. My knowledge of Greek is extremely poor, so unfortunately I couldn't rely on the original for more...

A database of Greco-Egyptian divine names Secret Names of Deities Deity Names Agathodaimon HARPONKNOUPHI BRINTANTÊNÔPHRI BRISKULMA ARAOUAZARBA MESENKRIPHI NIPTOUMI KHMOUMAÔPHI; SATRAPERKMÊPH; PHRÊ ANÔI PHÔRKHÔ PHUUU RORPSIS OROKHÔÔI; ANOKH AIEPHE SAKTIETÊ BIBIOU BIBIOU SPHÊ SPHÊ NOUSI NOUSI SEÊE SEÊE SIETHÔ SIETHÔ OUN KHOUNTIAI SEMBI IMENOUAI BAINPNOUN PNOUTH TOUKHAR SOUKHAR SABAKHAR ANA IEOU ION EON THÔTH-Ô OUTHRO THRÔRESE ERIÔPÔ IUÊ AÊ IAÔAI AEÊIOUÔ AEÊIOUÔ ÊOKH MANEBI KHUKHIÔ ALARAÔ KOL KOL KAATÔN KOLKANTHÔ BALALAKH ABLALAKH OSERKHENTHE MENTHEI BOULÔKH BOULÔKH OSERKHENTE MENTHEI Anubis/Hermanubis PHRIX IX ANAXIBROX, AMBROX, EBORXXON, NBROKHRIA, PSÊRIPHTHA ; SRITSI SRITSI ABRITSI Aphrodite/Hathor NEPHERIÊRI ILAOUKH OBRIÊ LOUKH TLOR ILARA OUKH ; ARRÔRIPHRASI GÔTHÊTINI ; THNOBOKHOU THORITHE STHENEPIÔ SERTHENEBÊÊI Asclepius KHAUAPS ÔAEIAPS ÔAIS LUSIPHTHA ...