HERBIN François René, LEITZ Christian.
The Ritual of the House of Chentayt The shroud MMA 31.9.8 and the Osirian vat of Coptos Cairo JE 37516. Studien zur spätägyptischen Religion 33.
Harrassowitz Verlag
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| N° d'inventaire | 25630 |
| Format | 21 x 29.7 |
| Détails | 612 p., 7 ill., 56 plates, 15 tables, publisher's hardcover. |
| Publication | Wiesbaden, 2022 |
| Etat | Nine |
| ISBN | 9783447117845 |
Discovered in Quft in 1904, the pink granite monument known as the Coptos tank, and preserved in the Cairo Museum (JE 37516), initially attracted only brief observations, more for its presumed function as a sarcophagus of the Pharaoh Harsiesis (22nd Dynasty) than for the inscriptions covering all of its walls.
The problems linked to the poor condition of the monument and the multiple difficulties in reading and interpreting its text explain why it remained unpublished for a long time.
In 1986, the discovery of a partial parallel, written in hieratic on a linen shroud preserved at the Metropolitan Museum of Arts (31.9.8), datable to the Ptolemaic period, made it possible to rethink a good number of the problems that, for various reasons, the inscriptions on the tank could not resolve.
The very title of the work, present in the shroud alone: Ritual of the House of Chentayt, shows the central role played by this goddess in the organization of the Osirian rites of the month of Khoiak, and which is also attested by numerous other funerary or ritual documents. Curiously ignored by the large Tentyrite inscription devoted to the Osirian ceremonies of this month, the Ritual of the House of Chentayt provides a wealth of new information on the participation of divine and human communities in what is probably the most important religious manifestation of ancient Egypt.
The first part, by François René Herbin (in French), offers a first edition of the shroud with transcription, translation and commentary; the second part, by Christian Leitz (in German) contains the same elements for the Osirian vat. Volume II presents detailed photographic and graphic documentation.
The problems linked to the poor condition of the monument and the multiple difficulties in reading and interpreting its text explain why it remained unpublished for a long time.
In 1986, the discovery of a partial parallel, written in hieratic on a linen shroud preserved at the Metropolitan Museum of Arts (31.9.8), datable to the Ptolemaic period, made it possible to rethink a good number of the problems that, for various reasons, the inscriptions on the tank could not resolve.
The very title of the work, present in the shroud alone: Ritual of the House of Chentayt, shows the central role played by this goddess in the organization of the Osirian rites of the month of Khoiak, and which is also attested by numerous other funerary or ritual documents. Curiously ignored by the large Tentyrite inscription devoted to the Osirian ceremonies of this month, the Ritual of the House of Chentayt provides a wealth of new information on the participation of divine and human communities in what is probably the most important religious manifestation of ancient Egypt.
The first part, by François René Herbin (in French), offers a first edition of the shroud with transcription, translation and commentary; the second part, by Christian Leitz (in German) contains the same elements for the Osirian vat. Volume II presents detailed photographic and graphic documentation.
The problems linked to the poor condition of the monument and the multiple difficulties in reading and interpreting its text explain why it remained unpublished for a long time.
In 1986, the discovery of a partial parallel, written in hieratic on a linen shroud preserved at the Metropolitan Museum of Arts (31.9.8), datable to the Ptolemaic period, made it possible to rethink a good number of the problems that, for various reasons, the inscriptions on the tank could not resolve.
The very title of the work, present in the shroud alone: Ritual of the House of Chentayt, shows the central role played by this goddess in the organization of the Osirian rites of the month of Khoiak, and which is also attested by numerous other funerary or ritual documents. Curiously ignored by the large Tentyrite inscription devoted to the Osirian ceremonies of this month, the Ritual of the House of Chentayt provides a wealth of new information on the participation of divine and human communities in what is probably the most important religious manifestation of ancient Egypt.
The first part, by François René Herbin (in French), offers a first edition of the shroud with transcription, translation and commentary; the second part, by Christian Leitz (in German) contains the same elements for the Osirian vat. Volume II presents detailed photographic and graphic documentation.