Ancient cult of Serapis
Historical Religions & Mystery Cults Historical religion / cult
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Neutral catalog summary
About this record
Ancient cult of Serapis is cataloged as a Historical religion / cult within Historical Religions & Mystery Cults. Its candidate country context is “Egypt” and its period or origin is “Ptolemaic–late Roman periods.” It is associated with the parent tradition “Ptolemaic and Roman Egyptian religion.”
This summary is assembled only from the record fields shown below. It does not add ritual instructions, doctrinal claims or inferred geography.
Record fields
- Alternate / historical names
- Ancient Serapean cult; Serapean cult; Serapis cult; Sarapis cult
- Parent tradition
- Ptolemaic and Roman Egyptian religion
- Public geographic context
- Egypt
- Period / origin
- Ptolemaic–late Roman periods
- Living / historical status
- Historical / extinct
- Access / protocol
- Scholarly / historical only
- Evidence status
- Directly cited
Geography
CandidateEgypt
Public geographic context is limited to country level or broader. A documented site may still be named as the record’s public identity, but no subnational location field or coordinates are published.
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Stable attribution
Cite this record
Ancient cult of Serapis. Atlas of Religious and Esoteric Lineages, record 0765. https://esotericlineages.com/entry/0765
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