Scuola Archeologica Italiana di Atene

There is abundant evidence to show that the divinity Renenutet played a significant role in production
and storage compounds of New Kingdom Temples. This article focuses on some archaeological artefacts
that were not understood before as evidence for a cult of this ophidian divinity. For instance, it will show
that the different arrangement of hieroglyphic signs in the writing of the name Ren(en)ut(et) can be used
to express the various aspects of her character based on the nature and location in which the artefact
was found. In temple service compounds, if the veneration of this goddess, represented zoomorphically
with a female face or anthropomorphically with a snake’s face, is known by the sources, it will be shown
that this veneration was combined with the cult of the local god in the sanctuary, often Amun or a local
form of Horus. Furthermore, a comparison of statues of this goddess and architectural artifacts bearing
her name, found in production and storage areas, with her depiction in a variety of contexts, shows
the connection between this ophidian divinity and the temple personnel, whose functions are related to
economic structures. It is well-known that this female divinity plays an important part in supplying food
(divine offerings), but until now, it was not explicitly through the image of African Maternity, that the
ophidian effigy is the guarantor for fecundity and fertility, and thus, for harvesting, but that it was also
a factor in perpetuating social links, whilst contributing to the accumulation of wealth.

Un ornamento senza onore: l' Ercole davanti all' ingresso della Porticus ad Nationesdi Massimiliano Papini
I santuari isiaci di et repubblicana a Roma, l' Iseo Capitolino, l' Iseo Metellino e l' Iseo della Regio iii: rilettura delle fonti scritte e archeologiche. Nuove riflessionidi Vito Mazzuca

Excavaciones arqueolgicas en la via Ariosto. iii zona del Esquilino (1874-2006). Segunda parte: Restos epigrficos y escultricosdi Elena Castillo Ramrez

Ein Ehrenbogen fr Hadrian in Rom: Wrdigung eines vielseitigen Kaisers am Ende seines Lebens
di Michaela Fuchs

Lo scavo del monastero di S. Urbano al Foro di Traiano. Ritrovamento di un ripostiglio monetale cinquecentescodi Roberto Meneghini, Mariele Valci

Relazioni su scavi, trovamenti, restauri in Roma e Suburbio.
Attivit della Sovrintendenza Capitolina (1998-2015)

introduzione
di Claudio Parisi Presicce

regione i

Sepolcro degli Scipioni. Indagini nell' area archeologica (2008, 2010-2011)
di Rita Volpe, Valeria Bartoloni, Francesco Pacetti, Simone Santucci

regione iii

Colle Oppio - Terme di Traiano. Scavi nell' angolo sudoccidentale (2010-2014)
di Giovanni Caruso, Marta Giacobelli, Francesco Pacetti, Carla Termini, Rita Volpe

Colle Oppio - Terme di Traiano. Lavori di restauro nell' esedra sudoccidentale (2013-2014)
di Rita Volpe, Federica Michela Rossi

regione v

Piazza di Porta S. Giovanni. Riscoperta di un tratto di Mura Aureliane (2013-2015)
di Laura Asor Rosa, Ersilia Maria Loreti, Rossella Motta, Francesco Pacetti, Nicoletta Saviane

regione vi

Giardino di S. Andrea al Quirinale. Indagini archeologiche (2013-2015)
di Massimiliano Munzi, Angela Napoletano, Eleonora Ronchetti, Sabina Zeggio