586:(the term being used on one of the epitaphs found there), it is not universally accepted as being Leontopolis, and therefore, the site of Oniad Temple. One problem is that Roman sources tell us that Leontopolis was 180 stadia (about 33 kilometers) away from Memphis, which is not the distance between Memphis and Tell el-Yahudiya (186 stadia, about 46 kilometers). Further, identification has relied upon the fact that the site's name indicates Jewish presence, and the presence of images of Bubastis (Bast) being found at the site, neither of which would actually be unique in the area. And, the area atop the mound is not sufficient to host a temple and a city, as Josephus recorded. Several other common pieces of evidence are also of dubious quality.
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Egyptian and Greek women in Egypt took up an active priestess role, and that there was enough time for Jews associated with the Leontopolis Temple to have assimilated certain local practices by the time Marin lived. They think it is possible she played music, poured libations, or prepared sacrifices. It is also possible this inscription meant she was the daughter or wife of a male priest, as no other community allowed women to serve in such roles. Not enough evidence exists to make a definitive conclusion regarding any of these options.
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built the temple at different points in his writing, and overall records a confused genealogy for the priests). The temple was founded on the site of a pagan temple dedicated to
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that the temple was a tower, made of large stones, 60 cubits high, and was surrounded by a wall of burnt brick with gates of stone. He states that the altar was similar to
Jerusalem, but that it had a single lamp of gold that hung from golden chain instead of a menorah. In
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