The Egyptian Goddess Mut in Iron Age Palestine: Further Data From Amulets and Onomastics

Abstract

Building on an earlier article arguing that the Egyptian goddess Mut (Eg. mwt) is the deity referred to by Isaiah 28’s “covenant with death” (Heb. mwt), this paper analyzes the available iconographic data related to Mut from the Iron Age Levant and Third Intermediate Period Egypt, and then reconsiders West Semitic names that include the element -mwt. It concludes that Mut was known rather well in Palestine at that time as a protective deity, strengthening her identification with the figure in Isaiah 28.

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