Tutankhamun knew the names of the two great gods : d̲t and nḥḥ as fundamental concepts of pharaonic ideology / / Steven R. W. Gregory

• Autore: Gregory Steven R. W.
• Pubblicazione: Oxford : , : Archaeopress, , 2022; ©2022
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (195 pages)
• Soggetto topico: Egyptian language - Grammar
• Soggetto geografico: Egypt Religion
• Nota di contenuto: Medinet Habu, Western Thebes. Photograph by the author. -- Exegeses -- The Dt-nHH duality in textual analysis -- Two Coffin Texts -- Speos Artemidos -- Figure 37: ontological duality as expressed for Seti I in the Speos Artemidos -- after Fairman and Grdseloff 1947: pl. VII, line 1. -- Figure 38: Pakhet requests ideal perfection for Seti I in the Great Dedication Text of Seti I, Speos Artemidos -- after Fairman and Grdseloff 1947: pl. VII, line 21. -- The Neskhons document -- Figure 39: a passage from a pylon at Hermopolis likening the king's appearance to that of the demiurge -- after Fairman and Grdseloff 1947: 25 1. -- Afterlife -- Figure 40: two afterlife conditions expressed in CT 624 -- after De Buck 1956: 241 m. -- Misdirection -- The illusion of philosophical dissociation -- The misconstrual of Dt and nHH as Egyptology evolved -- Religious doctrine and political ideology -- Figure 41: a 'smiting scene' depicting Ramesses III quelling his enemies, together with his Horus kA (far left) who appears in the form of an anthropomorphised standard with serekh and Horus falcon -- as inscribed on the southern face of the exterior wall o -- Epilogue -- Table 2: terms appropriate to Dt and nHH in accord with their respective associations with eternity and sempiternity. -- Bibliography -- Ancient Sources -- Modern Sources -- Index. ; Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents Page -- Epigraph -- Abbreviations -- Convention adopted for brackets -- Introduction -- Time -- Notions of Dt and nHH as presented in modern Western scholarship -- Table 1: interpretations of Dt and nHH in a range of dictionaries. -- Figure 1: an inscription from the tomb of Kheruef, Western Thebes, describing Osiris as the ruler of Dt and lord of nHH. Photograph by the author. -- The nature of time -- The metaphysical-physical duality -- Reality -- Eternity and sempiternity: echoes of the Dt-nHH duality -- Greeks in Egypt -- Practitioners in the House of Life -- Figure 2: Seshat, described as the 'Great Mistress of Scribes', marking the years of the reign of Ramesses IV on a palm branch, as inscribed in the monument dedicated to Khonsu at Karnak. Photograph courtesy of Spencer Dean. -- Ancient Egyptian influences in the works of Plato -- Contexts -- The principal texts -- Synonymity -- Dt and nHH in the age of the Pyramid Texts -- Figure 3: Teti takes possession of Hw -- after Sethe 1908: 165 307a. -- Figure 4: a section of Pyramid Text 273-274, the Cannibal Hymn, as inscribed for Teti -- after Sethe 1908: 215 412a. -- Figure 5: a passage of the text inscribed in the tomb of Harkhuf -- after Sethe 1903: 128. -- For ever and ever again: the reading of the phrase Dt Dt -- Figure 6a: n Dt Dt as written for Teti -- after Sethe 1908: 63 101d. -- Figure 6b: n Dt Dt as written for Pepi II -- after Sethe 1908: 63 101d. -- Figure 7: Dt Dt with a suffix pronoun, from PT 217 as written for Unas -- after Sethe 1908: 90 160c. -- Figure 8: a writing of Dt Dt from PT 677 as written for Pepi II -- after Sethe 1910: 491 2028c. -- Figure 9a: Hna kA(.k) n Dt Dt as written on coffin Cairo 28091 -- after Allen 2006: 433 2028c, B9C. -- Figure 9b: Hna kA.k n Dt.k Dt as written on coffin Cairo 28094. ; after Allen 2006: 433 2028c, B6C. -- Dt and nHH in the age of the Coffin Texts -- Figure 10: address to Khepri -- after De Buck 1951: 321 c-d, T1Cb. -- Figure 11: emphatic use of Dt Dt in CT 29 -- after de Buck 1935: 81 m M.C. 105. -- Figure 12: afterlife conditions expressed in CT 759 -- after De Buck 1956: 389 g. -- Dt and nHH as aspects of creation -- Figure 14: an expression of Creation in CT 335 -- after De Buck 1951: 186 Sq1C. -- Figure 13: afterlife conditions expressed in CT 767 -- after De Buck 1956: 399 f. -- Figure 15: Atum is the Nun, as expressed in CT 335 -- after De Buck 1951: 188 c B9Ca. -- Figure 16: Atum in his sun, as expressed in CT 335 -- after De Buck 1951: 191 d. BH1Br. -- Figure 18: the nature of the ontological duality as expressed in CT 335 -- after De Buck 1951: 202 a-b Sq1C, Sq7C. -- Figure 17: the duality of reality as expressed in CT 335 -- after De Buck 1951: 200 d-e T1Cb. -- Figure 19: the writing of hrw in iteration Sq1Sq of CT 335 -- after De Buck 1951: 202 a. -- Figure 20: a passage from CT 80 showing Shu and Tefnet as avatars of nHH and Dt -- after De Buck 1938: 28 d. -- Graphics -- The components of nHH -- Figure 21: a. nHH as it occurs in the writing of seven iterations of CT 157 -- b. the writing of nHH on the coffin of Sepi, B1C -- after De Buck 1938: 347 b. -- Figure 22: variant writings of nHH. -- Figure 23: HHw as written in three iterations of CT 76 -- after De Buck 1938: 1 a. -- Figure 24: HHw as written in iteration B2L of CT 76 -- after De Buck 1938: 1 a. -- Figure 25: HH as written in PT 558 -- after Sethe 1908: 257 1390a. -- Figure 26: an example of the twA pt motif showing images of the king standing on the earth with arms raised to support the sky as depicted within an image of a barque stand portrayed on the north wall of the second court, monument of Ramesses III, Medinet. ; Figure 27: variations in the orthography of the bird in the writing of HHw. To the left with the nH-bird, on the right with the A-bird -- after Maystre 1940: 82, line 44. -- Figure 28: the name of the king's father as written in PT 301 -- after Sethe 1908: 232 449a. -- The constituents of Dt -- Ideology -- The royal epithet -- Figure 29: Dt and nHH as anthropomorphic entities supporting the sky -- from the interior of the first shrine of Tutankhamun, left side. Image by the author, after Piankoff 1951: pl. 1. -- The realisation of ma'at -- Figure 30: Ramesses IV presents ma'at to Amun-Re. The significance of this royal duty is emphasised in that the figure of ma'at is holding the HoA sceptre and wearing the sun-disc (ra) headdress so as to portray a rebus reflecting elements of the king's p -- Horus kingship in relation to Dt and nHH -- Figure 31: Isis requests that Horus be in the barque of Re -- after De Buck 1938: 221 f-222 a. -- Figure 32: the barque and crew of Atum as portrayed in the solar court of the monument of Ramesses III, Medinet Habu. Photograph courtesy of Spencer Dean. -- Figure 33: the role requested for Horus -- after De Buck 1938: 222 b-222 c. -- Figure 34: Seti I being presented with jubilee festivals, life, and dominion by Re-Horakhty and Weret Hekau, whose offerings are suspended from notched palm branches symbolizing longevity -- inscribed on the interior face of the north wall, hypostyle hall, -- The king in time and the ever-present ideal -- The ritual landscape as a reflection of Dt in nHH. -- Figure 35: the name of the monument of Ramesses III in the first hypostyle hall at Medinet Habu, Western Thebes. Photograph by the author. -- Figure 36: Ramesses III before the Theban Triad and Ma'at, with the name of the monument in the vertical inscription at the south-west corner of the building (to the far left in the image).
• Sommario/riassunto: Tutankhamun Knew the Names of the Two Great Godsoffers a new interpretation of the terms Dtand nHHas fundamental concepts of Pharaonic ideology, terms that, until now, have often been treated as synonyms reflecting notions related to the vastness of time.
• Titolo autorizzato: Tutankhamun Knew the Names of the Two Great Gods
• ISBN: 1-78969-986-X
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910619484603321
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• Serie: Archaeopress Egyptology