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Anta
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
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a warlike Egyptian goddess, who is generally represented as wearing a white mitre similar to that of Osiris, ornamented with two feathers, and brandishing a kind of battle-axe in her left hand, while she holds a spear with her- right. She is very rarely represented on the Egyptian sculptures, and is not found before the time of Amenhotep I, of the 18th dynasty. She was properly a Syrian or Asiatic goddess.
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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Anta'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tce/​a/anta.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'Anta'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/​encyclopedias/​eng/​tce/​a/anta.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.