Esna's Triple New Year

Depuydt, Leo

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“…A set of two chambers consisting of an open court and a slightly elevated chapel where they were purified, clothed and adorned. The procession would then continue to a Kiosk on the roof of the temple, where through the ritual of the opening of the mouth and the expo-sure to the sunlight, the statues would be of the year, on the day of the rising of Sirius called New Year [14] and beginning of the inundation [15]. The ceremonies were divided into two phases.…”

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Two Texts of Carrying the Procession of the God Horus and the Goddess Hathor at Edfu Temple

Ali

2018

Egyptian Journal of Archaeological and Restoration Studies

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Edfu temple is one of the most complete and well-preserved of all the Egyptian temples. The actual building only dates back to Ptolemaic times. I aim with this essay to develop the understanding of the two Processions of Horus of Behdety and Hathor which are existed on the second Hypostyle Hall through the examination of the iconographies, epithets, nature and role. The processions with statues were reminiscent of the annually journey that the statue of the goddess Hathor undertook by boat from Dendara to Edfu. Here I am trying to investigate questions of the physical movement of the portable barks carrying each temple's divine statue and to better understand the ritual events.

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Two Texts of Carrying the Procession of the God Horus and the Goddess Hathor at Edfu Temple

Ali

2018

Egyptian Journal of Archaeological and Restoration Studies

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“…]-aba 4 ki -ta 5 aga 3 gi-a-bi 6 gu 2 d Bil 3 -aga 3 -meska II 1 ba-[gu 7 ] 2 1 sila 4 3 e 2 -muḫaldim e 2 -gal-ka 4 ba-sa 6 5 1 maš Ur-e 2 -zi-da 6 saĝĝa e 2 -gal 7 ba-uš 2 -a 8 ba-gu 7 9 1 maš Dim 3 -tur bar-iri šum-de 3 10 E 2 -mete (TE. ME) 11 ba-de 6 III 1 šuniĝin 2 1 udu nita 2 2 sila 4 3 1 ud 5 4 1 munus aš 2 -gar 3 5 5 maš 6 iti ezem-d Ba-U 2 -ka 7 Bara 2 -namtar-ra 8 dam Lugal-an-da 9 ensi 2 IV 1 Lagaš ki -ka-ke 4 2 dumu munus i 3 -tu-da-a 5 3 ba-gu 7 4 udu gu 7 -a 5 en-ku 3 6 kurušda-kam 4 Obverse I 1 4 fat ewes 2 to Uu, 3 the administrator, 4 for eating 5 slaughtered, 6 1 fattened ewe 7 for the ensi, 8 (when) into "the women's house" 9 it was delivered, 10 to the kitchen II 1 donated, 2 1 doe kid, 3 1 lamb 4 for the second time 5 to the kitchen 6 donated.…”

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“…8 1 kid Dimtur 6 , in order to slaughter (?) in the "outer city", 9 (in) E-mete 10 (she) brought. III 1 In total: 1 ram, 2 2 lambs, 3 1 billy-goat, 4 1 doe-kid, 5 5 kids 6 in the month of festival of Bau, 7 (on the occasion of) Baranamtara, 8 wife of Lugalanda, 9 ensi of IV 1 Lagash, 2 giving birth to a daughter, 3 were eaten.…”

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“…For that reason sacrifices were made not only to the deceased ancestors, but also to the site of worshipping Gilgamesh, who was the superintendant of the Underworld. 9 It is perhaps necessary to bear in mind that Sumerian household texts distinguished between the administrative and the sacred calendars, which fact has long been known from the book of W. Sallaberger [15, bd. I, S. 142-143, 310].…”

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First account of a birthday in human history

Emelianov¹

2017

Vestnik SPbSU. Asian and African Studies

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The article deals with the five Old Sumerian cuneiform texts from the city of Lagash made during the time of Lugalanda (24th century BC). Every text contains the list of offerings made in the temple of the goddess Bau on the occasion of the birth of children in the king's family. It is established that there is the first mentioning of holiday on the occasion of people's birthday in the history of writing. The hypothesis of dating of the text of DP 218 by time of an autumn equinox is offered. The author assumes that need to celebrate birthdays is connected with submission of economy of the temple of Bau to the king's family and with emergence of a sacral genealogy of the king Lugalanda. The article also contains information about birthdays from the sources of the Middle East and antiquity known to scholars since the 5th century BC. It is noted that birthdays are celebrated only in those societies where the growth of private property and the increase of egocentrism contribute to an interest in the individual destiny of a person. And vice versa, the predominance of the community neutralizes the facts of the individual's life. Refs 39.

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“…Die landskap is egter periodiek en langdurig gedurende die laaste paar duisend jaar oorstroom, wat dan weer opgevolg is deur transgressie. 34 Aardverwarming sal hierdie bestaande natuurlike prosesse waarskynlik versterk.…”

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