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Kolanthes
Name in hieroglyphs
Major cult center	Akhmim Athribis
Genealogy
Parents	Min (father) Repyt (mother)

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Kolanthes or Kolanthes the Child (Koinē Greek: Κολάνθης, Ancient Egyptian: 𓈎𓄓𓍑𓄿𓏤𓀔 ) is a child deity from the late period of ancient Egyptian religion. He has been documented since the second century BC in the circle of the deities of Akhmim (Koine Panopolis) in the ninth Upper Egyptian Nome (Egypt).

Kolanthes was a son within the patron trinity of Akhmim. In the Temple of Athribis, his mother was Repyt (Greek Triphis).^{[1] [2]} Aperetiset also was identified as his mother. The god Min acted as his father.

Kolanthes was identified with Horus, the divine child and the Pharaoh, and he was called "the child of Osiris and Isis".

The cult sites of Kolanthes are located north and south of Akhmim. In the quarries of Gabal El Haridi and Ptolemais Hermiou (Arabic: al-Mansha), Demotic (Egyptian) rock inscriptions mentioning Kolanthes have been found. Other sources include Greek inscriptions, a stele inscribed with hieroglyphs from the time of the Roman Emperor Hadrian, and the recently discovered extensive inscriptions from the temple of Athribis.

The hieroglyphic and demotic spellings of the name “Kolanthes” are inconsistent. It may be presumed that this god is not of Egyptian origin.

In the Greek inscriptions, the name is written Κολάνθης, Κολάνθας, or Κολάνθος. The demotic spelling may be translated as QrnDA, according to the Manuel de Codage.

The inscriptions of the Temple of Athribis have different hieroglyphic spellings in the various scenes.

Szene C 2, 31 ^2b:

Szenen C 1, 70²; C 1, 74³; C 3, 15²; C 3, 17²:

Szenen C 3, 16²; C 5, 57²; C 5, 67²:

Szenen C 1, 41¹; C 1, 51¹; C 5, 5²

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