R. Gautschy, M. Habicht, F. Galassi, Daniela Rutica, F. Rühli, R. Hannig
{"title":"A New Astronomically Based Chronological Model for the Egyptian Old Kingdom","authors":"R. Gautschy, M. Habicht, F. Galassi, Daniela Rutica, F. Rühli, R. Hannig","doi":"10.1163/18741665-12340035","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1163/18741665-12340035","url":null,"abstract":"A recently discovered inscription on an ancient Egyptian ointment jar mentions the heliacal rising of Sirius. In the time of the early Pharaohs, this specific astronomical event marked the beginning of the Egyptian New Year and originally the annual return of the Nile flood, making it of great ritual importance. Since the Egyptian civil calendar of 365 days permanently shifted one day in four years in comparison to the stars due to the lack of intercalation, the connection of a date from the Egyptian civil calendar with the heliacal rising of Sothis is vitally important for the reconstruction of chronology. The new Sothis date from the Old Kingdom (3rd–6th Dynasties) in combination with other astronomical data and radiocarbon dating re-calibrates the chronology of ancient Egypt and consequently the dating of the Pyramids. A chronological model for Dynasties 3 to 6 constructed on the basis of calculated astronomical data and contemporaneously documented year dates of Pharaohs is presented.","PeriodicalId":41016,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Egyptian History","volume":"10 1","pages":"69-108"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2017-11-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1163/18741665-12340035","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"46140725","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Agents of Construction: Ancient Egyptian Rock Inscriptions as Tools of Site Formation and Modern Functional Parallels","authors":"M. Brown","doi":"10.1163/18741665-12340038","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1163/18741665-12340038","url":null,"abstract":"This new analysis of the interaction between graffiti and their physical context examines the functionality of rock inscriptions for the ancient Egyptians and finds that the annexation and redefinition of the landscape was a key factor motivating the production of rock art and rock inscriptions spanning the Egyptian Predynastic and Dynastic Periods. Casting off the modern, negative, connotations of “graffiti,” new research comparing ancient and modern graffiti traditions—including a proper understanding of the territorial and artistic implications of modern “gang” graffiti—illuminates certain functional parallels and assists in the formulation of a new framework based on Alfred Gell’s theory on the material agency of art and subsequent critiques. In this framework graffiti simultaneously mark territorial boundaries and work actively to create and maintain territory on an ongoing basis. The application of the framework to an ancient Egyptian case study illuminates the dynamic relationship between rock inscriptions and site formation.","PeriodicalId":41016,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Egyptian History","volume":"10 1","pages":"153-211"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2017-11-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1163/18741665-12340038","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"45654695","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Order of the Kushite Kings According to Sources from the Eastern Desert and Thebes. Or: Shabataka was here first!","authors":"Claus Jurman","doi":"10.1163/18741665-12340037","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1163/18741665-12340037","url":null,"abstract":"The correct order of the first two kings of the Twenty-Fifth Dynasty has been the subject of a growing debate since Michael Banyai proposed a revision of the traditional chronological model in 2013. By placing Shabataka 1 before Shabaka Banyai challenged the commonly accepted view according to which it was Shabaka who established the Twenty-Fifth Dynasty and secured Kushite control over all of Egypt after having re-conquered the North and disposed of his adversary Bocchoris of the Twenty-Fourth Dynasty. Since then Banyai’s proposal of modifying the sequence of the Kushite kings, thus making Shabataka Bocchoris’ opponent, has received a growing number of supporters who have brought forward additional arguments in favour of it.The present article introduces new arguments based on a careful analysis of prosopographic, archaeological, and epigraphic data from the Eastern Desert and Thebes—especially relating to the Kushite Nile Level Records at Karnak—which provide the strongest evidence for the sequence “Shabaka—Shabataka” hitherto adduced.","PeriodicalId":41016,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Egyptian History","volume":"10 1","pages":"124-151"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2017-11-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1163/18741665-12340037","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47927733","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Servants of Khonsu in Thebes Neferhotep and its Hierarchy of ḥm-nṯr Priests during the Twenty-First Dynasty","authors":"Alba María Villar Gómez","doi":"10.1163/18741665-12340031","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1163/18741665-12340031","url":null,"abstract":"Considered as the legitimate son and heir of Amun, Khonsu gained importance during the Ramesside Period in parallel with the birth of the Renaissance doctrine. This prominence is reflected in the biographical and genealogical information, which documents a substantial increase in the number of individuals performing administrative and religious functions for the different forms of Khonsu by the Twenty-First Dynasty.The complete prosopography of the personnel relating to the cult of Khonsu in Thebes Neferhotep presents new insights into a collective, subordinated to the clergy of Amun and active in more than one cult throughout the Karnak complex, but which fulfilled a significant role at Thebes. In this regard, the title of Third ḥm-nṯr priest of Khonsu must be highlighted; the contextualization of the emergence of this office and the study of its holders builds solid foundations for a better understanding of the Theban cultic and administrative domains leading up to and during the Twenty-First Dynasty.","PeriodicalId":41016,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Egyptian History","volume":"10 1","pages":"1-22"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2017-04-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1163/18741665-12340031","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47617260","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Satrap Stela: A Middle Ground Approach","authors":"G. Gorre","doi":"10.1163/18741665-12340034","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1163/18741665-12340034","url":null,"abstract":"This article explores the relevance of the Middle Ground theory for the study of relationships between the Egyptian priesthood and the Macedonian kings. This concept will then be applied to the interpretation of one document in particular, the Satrap Stela. It suggests that the Middle Ground concept allows the identification of the Persian ruler mentioned in the document as Xerxes, Great King of the Second Persian Wars, and supports an interpretation of the text centered on Ptolemy Satrap rather than Khababash.","PeriodicalId":41016,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Egyptian History","volume":"10 1","pages":"51-68"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2017-04-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1163/18741665-12340034","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"48200630","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"A Document Relating to the Cult of Arsinoe and Philotera","authors":"M. Panov","doi":"10.1163/18741665-12340033","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1163/18741665-12340033","url":null,"abstract":"This brief article deals with a unique seal impression currently housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art ( MMA 10.130.1563). Dating to the Ptolemaic Period, it belonged to a priest of the cults of Arsinoe and Philotera, but until now has not been analyzed in detail. The hieroglyphic text, transliteration, and translation is presented here along with a discussion of its date.","PeriodicalId":41016,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Egyptian History","volume":"10 1","pages":"43-49"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2017-04-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1163/18741665-12340033","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"47993652","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Beiträge zur Geschichte der Dritten Zwischenzeit","authors":"Karl Jansen-Winkeln","doi":"10.1163/18741665-12340032","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1163/18741665-12340032","url":null,"abstract":"<p>In this short <em>Beiträge</em> three points relevant to the history of the Third Intermediate Period are presented.</p><p>1. The genealogical data of the family of the army scribe Nespaqashuty written on a fragmentary block statue from Karnak have hitherto been misunderstood. The owner of the statue is not Nespaqashuty <span style=\"font-variant: small-caps;\">ii</span>, who lived in the time of Siamun, but a grandson of Amenemone <span style=\"font-variant: small-caps;\">i</span>. The statue may have been dedicated by his son Ankhefenkhons during the time of Osorkon <span style=\"font-variant: small-caps;\">ii</span>.</p><p>2. According to stela Cairo <span style=\"font-variant: small-caps;\">je</span> 66285, the Libyan chief and later king Shoshenq <span style=\"font-variant: small-caps;\">i</span> had a statue of his father Nimlot A erected in the temple of Abydos. The offering established for this statue is written with a hieroglyph simply to be read <em>ḥtp</em> “offering,” not <em>ẖntj</em> “statue” or <em>qnyt</em> “portable image” as proposed before.</p><p>3. Some aspects of the chronological and political relations between Bocchoris and Shabako and their predecessors Tefnakhte and Piankhy are considered as well as the supposed reason for the attack on Bocchoris by “Sabakôn.”</p>","PeriodicalId":41016,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Egyptian History","volume":"3 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2017-04-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138543390","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Beiträge zur Geschichte der Dritten Zwischenzeit","authors":"K. Jansen-Winkeln","doi":"10.11588/PROPYLAEUMDOK.00004815","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.11588/PROPYLAEUMDOK.00004815","url":null,"abstract":"In this short Beitrage three points relevant to the history of the Third Intermediate Period are presented.1. The genealogical data of the family of the army scribe Nespaqashuty written on a fragmentary block statue from Karnak have hitherto been misunderstood. The owner of the statue is not Nespaqashuty II , who lived in the time of Siamun, but a grandson of Amenemone I . The statue may have been dedicated by his son Ankhefenkhons during the time of Osorkon II .2. According to stela Cairo JE 66285, the Libyan chief and later king Shoshenq I had a statue of his father Nimlot A erected in the temple of Abydos. The offering established for this statue is written with a hieroglyph simply to be read ḥtp “offering,” not ẖntj “statue” or qnyt “portable image” as proposed before.3. Some aspects of the chronological and political relations between Bocchoris and Shabako and their predecessors Tefnakhte and Piankhy are considered as well as the supposed reason for the attack on Bocchoris by “Sabakon.”","PeriodicalId":41016,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Egyptian History","volume":"10 1","pages":"23-42"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2017-04-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"44695597","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"La « garde du fleuve » dans l’Egypte hellénistique et romaine","authors":"L. Rossi","doi":"10.1163/18741665-12340030","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1163/18741665-12340030","url":null,"abstract":"This contribution proposes a study of the river guard in Hellenistic and Roman Egypt. It aims to enlighten the social, administrative, and fiscal peculiarities of this institution by which public powers ensured the security of human mobility on the Nile. This study starts from the analysis of Greek and Latin vocabulary of the “river guard” according to literary and epigraphic evidence found on papyri and ostraca . Next, it focuses on the actors ensuring the “river guard,” notably on their social and ethnic background, on their official status, as well as on the public regulations governing the “river guard.” Finally, it examines the different functions assigned to river guards, the material means for this institution’s effective functioning, and the tax system organized for its financing.Le present article est centre sur l’etude de la « garde du fleuve » dans l’Egypte hellenistique et romaine. Dans le cadre d’une reflexion historique large, il vise a rendre compte des specificites sociales, administratives et fiscales de cette institution ayant assure la securite des circulations humaines sur le Nil. Cette reflexion est ainsi fondee en premier lieu sur l’etude du vocabulaire grec et latin de la garde du fleuve, conserve dans les papyrus et les ostraka egyptiens, dans les textes litteraires et epigraphiques. Dans un second temps, il est question d’etudier les acteurs de la garde du fleuve, notamment les milieux socio-ethniques de recrutement, les statuts et les formes publiques de leur encadrement. Il s’agit enfin de s’interesser aux differentes fonctions assurees par la garde du fleuve, aux moyens materiels necessaires a son exercice et a la fiscalite preposee a son financement.This article is in French.","PeriodicalId":41016,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Egyptian History","volume":"9 1","pages":"121-150"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2016-10-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1163/18741665-12340030","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"64832500","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Evidence for Administration of the Nubian Fortresses in the Late Middle Kingdom: P. Ramesseum 18","authors":"Kate Liszka, Bryan Kraemer","doi":"10.1163/18741665-12340029","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1163/18741665-12340029","url":null,"abstract":"The Semna Dispatches hold unparalleled importance as one of the only papyri remaining for our understanding of Egypt’s control over its Lower Nubian forts in the late Middle Kingdom. Here, we provide an edition and commentary on P. Ramesseum 18 (EA10771), another text concerning the forts. Its only previous publication was as a photograph in Alan Gardiner’s The Ramesseum Papyri: Plates in 1955. The text provides evidence for oversight from the Office of the Vizier in the form of letters to the forts, in support of which only seal impressions and the Duties of the Vizier attested formerly. One letter alerts the fortresses of Elephantine and Kuban about upcoming inspections. Another mentions an official from Edfu connected with the Medjay commanding a wꜤr.t -district at Kuban. Dating to the transition of Dynasty 12 and 13, the letters verify the continuing control of the forts, including rotations of personnel from Upper Egypt.","PeriodicalId":41016,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Egyptian History","volume":"9 1","pages":"151-208"},"PeriodicalIF":0.7,"publicationDate":"2016-10-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1163/18741665-12340029","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"64832393","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}