Third Time’s the Charm? A Document from the Reign of Claudius and the Councillor Priests, Redux /
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This paper offers a new edition of P.Mich. inv. 664, a Demotic text that has already been edited twice and received miscellaneous reading corrections; further improvements can be made. The papyrus is a receipt issued by the crocodile priesthood of Soknebtunis and is also the oldest text yet known that records in Demotic the payment of the so-called “Temple Tax on Property Transfer.” It is therefore of no small importance for our understanding of the organisation of the priesthood and the fiscal status of the Tebtunis temple in the first century AD.
civilization , past and present: a survey of the history of man , his governmental, economic, religious, intellectual, and esthetic activities from the earliest times to the present, in Europe, in Asia...
: 2 v.: maps; 26 : v.1. from the beginning of civilization through the discovery and conquest of the New world. Paleolithic Era to 1650 A.D
Einige kurze Bemerkungen zur Elision von “h” in der ägyptischen Sprache /
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This contribution investigates the elision of “h” in the Egyptian language. The topic has already been dealt with a few times in research. The present article adds four new examples to the list, all of which originate from the Middle Kingdom. By comparison with other hamito-semitic (afro-asiatic) languages, the phenomenon is put in a broader context.
Tiger Nuts: A Revival of an Ancient Egyptian Plant /
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The importance of archaeobotany has been widely recognized in recent years, and more research is being conducted to study botanical remains. Only a very few of the cultivated vegetables grown in fields and in gardens were indigenous to Egypt, but one was the tiger nut (Cyperus esculentus L.) which was known and consumed since the Predynastic Period. Remains of dry tiger nuts tubers were found in large quantities in tombs from Neolithic times onwards. Some were found inside the stomachs of bodies as early as the Predynastic Period. Tiger nuts are attested in funerary offering lists, festival offerings, in medicine and in diet. This paper sheds light on the importance of tiger nuts and its different uses. It also urges their use in modern Egypt.
The Royal Mortuary Cult at Nuri, 593–431 BC /
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The identification of the texts on the Nuri funerary stelae from the pyramid chapels of Anlamani, Aspelta, Amaniastabarqo, Siaspiqo, and Talakhamani (probably also Malowiebamani) as extracts from the Ritual of the Royal Ancestors has been made several times in the Egyptological literature, but only casually and in passing. This paper presents a translation and overview of the texts and discusses several aspects of their use in the Napatan context. In addition to segments of the Ritual of the Royal Ancestors, some additional phrases and spells were taken from other sources. These extracts were carefully selected and organized, and doubtless reflect the actual order of events in the liturgy honoring the dead kings at Nuri. The ritual events included initial purification of the offerings, water, wine, and milk libations, censing, a ?tp d? nsw, and a summoning of the king’s spirit to the chapel from the tomb chamber below in order to partake of the offerings. A priest taking the part of Thoth was apparently the performer of the ritual. During the approximately 175 years of the employment of the Ritual of the Royal Ancestors at Nuri, it was added to and developed by each king who used it, reflecting the fact that these ceremonies were not static and purely imitative of earlier examples, but were a living and vibrant part of the Nuri mortuary cult.