The Shabaka Stone of the British Museum. On the Shabaka Stonethe most remarkable monument of. Egyptian thought which we possessgeneral features. ![]() Pharaoh Shabakafrom the naos he erected in the temple of Esna. XXVth Dynasty (7. BCE)by Wim. van den Dungenassociated papers : The. Memphis Theology - The Creative Verb in Kemet. TABLE OF CONTENTS1. General features of the Shabaka Stone. Physical parameters & layout. Spatial semantics. USB, short for Universal Serial Bus, is an industry standard that defines cables, connectors and communications protocols for connection, communication, and power. As Hurricane Irma rakes the west coast of Florida, all eyes are on the cities and human lives in the storm’s path. But Irma is also hammering the Florida Everglades. 9:54 am General Motors drops -3.5% to challenge its 200-day/50-day moving average cluster around 34.75 area : 9:43 am Opening Market Summary: Equities Open Modestly. A replica is an exact reproduction, such as of a painting, as it was executed by the original artist or a copy or reproduction, especially one on a scale smaller than. Contents. 2. The age of the inscription and its hermeneutical levels. Extant text, original documents and original ideas. Worm- eaten documents of the late New Kingdom. A. new composition of the Late Period. The spirito- political schemes of Pharaoh. Historical circumstances regarding the kingdom of Kush. The intent of Pharaoh Shabaka. Political mystery- play at Memphis. Bibliography. 1. General features of the Shabaka Stone. Physical parameters and layout : The Shabaka Stone (British. Museum 4. 98) is a heavy, nearly black slab of "Green breccia" from Wadi Hammamat of 1. The left side is ca. With a density. of 2. It is named after the "black" Pharaoh. Shabaka (ca. 7. 12- 6. BCE), who ruled in the XXVth Dynasty (ca. BCE). and who's Old Kingdom styled prenomen name ("Neferkare") is mentioned twice (in. LINE 1). It was given by the First Lord of the Admiralty George John 2nd Earl. Spencer (1. 75. 8 - 1. British Museum in 1. It was registered in the. Museum on the 1. 3th of July of that year. Up to now, its. povenance is still unknown. For nearly a century, the Shabaka Stone and its inscription remained. Reconstruction of the layout of the Shabaka Stone. Breasted (note that he has only 1. Zeitschrift für Ägyptische Sprache und Altertumskunde, Berlin. For a larger picture . Being a stela, it has a written surface of 1. LINES 1, 2 & 4. LINE 5 is empty). A. rectangular squarish hole of 1. Pharaonic Egypt, when it was probably used as a. The scribal voids may refer to the damaged original Pharaoh. Shabaka found, namely the outermost edge of a scroll rolled open from left to right. Sethe, 1. 92. 8). This respectless, rejectable. LINES 2. 5 - 4. 4) in the center of the inscription, dividing it in two parts. Horus' justification to his father's throne (first. Memphis" (last, right hand side, in prose). Worn areas and scribal voids have to be distinguished. LINES 3 & 4 are not damaged (except perhaps in the original), but placed by. Shabaka's scribe in an empty area consisting of several columns (cf. The inscription on the stone is faint thoughout and illegible in the middle. Theology. The latter is followed. Unfortunately, what united both parts is completely lost. Spatial semantics. Under "spatial semantics" are understood all meaningful visual. Egyptian), etc. James Henry Breasted was the first egyptologist to copy the. Shabaka Stone by hand, remarking that . James Henry Breasted. Buhen, Egypt(photo taken by Friedrich. Koch in 1. 90. 6 - The Oriental Institute of Chicago University). He made this copy for his contribution to the Wörterbuch der. Sprache. Then, in 1. Philosophy of a Memphite Priest" and wrote it was. Egyptian thought which we. Indeed, for Breasted, the inscription was. Weltanschauung."He also discovered the text did not read from right to left. This script is common in religious texts on papyrus. The order in which the columns had to be read was reversed, even though the. This and other elements of the special layout of the inscription, compelled. Breasted to date the "worm- eaten" original mentioned in LINE 2 to the early. XVIIIth Dynasty. Breasted's 1. In 1. 90. 9, Adolf. Erman first put the word "memphitischer" and "Theologie". Ein Denkmal memphitischer Theologie". It was Sethe, who. Denkmal memphitische. Theologie"', der Shabako- Stein", and understood it to be part of. Dramatische Texte zu altägyptischen Mysterienspielen". The. connotations "dramatic" & "mystery- play" should be given due consideration. When visiting the British Museum in 2. Breasted's first. This was switched off by the Curator. In 2. 00. 4, both lights were turned off and. Only by manipulating my. The text provided. This text, known as the Shabaqo Stone. Breasted complaints are apparently still valid today. This. "most remarkable monument of Egyptian thought which we. Rosetta. Stone is commercially exploited to the point of frenzy - cf. Rosetta key. ring and the Rosetta mug !).►. Certain special spatial features (i. LINES 1, 2 & 4. LINE 5), dispositions of titles (LINES 3 - 7), responsive, dramatical speech- structures (LINES 1. LINE. 4. 8). Let us turn to the inscription. LINE 1 (horizontal) is Shabaka's titulary, with its (as usual). Shebek", an Egyptianized form of the Nubian. Shabaka" or "Shabaqo" - "Sebaq- tawy". He who blesses the Two Lands"). Indeed, as such, the name. Shabaka" can not be found on the stone, although we can read. Neferkare. Shabaka Stone : LINE : "Neferkare (prenomen), son of Re, (reconstruction of erased nomen name)" LINE 1 (TITULARY) is larger than any other. Shabaka Stone : LINE. Horus : excellent Two Lands" - mirror script centered on "life". The living. Horus : excellent Two Lands ; the Two Ladies : excellent Two Lands. Golden Horus : excellent Two Lands ; King of Upper and Lower Egypt : Neferkare, the. Re, [Shabaka], beloved of Ptah- South- of- his- Wall, who. Re forever."Shabaka Stone, lines 1. LINE 2 (COLOPHON), the second- largest line, is the story of how Pharaoh. Shabaka found "in the House of his father Ptah". Shabaka Stone. Here too, the Nubian nomen name or. Shabaka" has been removed. This line reads from left to right, i. This writing was. House of his father. Ptah- South- of- his- Wall, for his majesty found it to be a work of the. His majesty copied it anew so that it became. House of his father Ptah- South- of- his- Wall. Re [Shabaka] for his. Ptah- Tenen, so that he might live forever."Shabaka Stone, line 2. Shabaka Stone : void between the first 2. LINE 1 and 2 are followed by a void. This consists of the titulary followed by the. Right at the beginning, the mirror- script used in LINE 1 points to. Egyptian art. The retrograde script of. LINE 3, contrasts with the colophon, as it were. He is this Ptah who. Tenen. (4) He who united this land of the South as. King of Upper Egypt and this land of the Delta as King of Lower Egypt."Shabaka Stone, lines 3 & 4. Shabaka Stone : (left) first 5 columns. He indeed begat Atum who gave birth to the Ennead. Geb commanded that the. Ennead gather to him. He judged between Horus. Seth .." Shabaka Stone, lines 5 - 7. The 6. 1 columns have to be read from left to right and from top to bottom. The first five are. For the rest they are empty above and below. Column 5 is completely empty. LINE 3 works as a "general preface". Ptah proclaims by his great name of "ta- Tenen", i. The use of. "ma. T" (proclaim, declare) points to the oratoric nature. LINE 4 confirms the political. Ptah. He is the uniter of Upper and Lower Egypt, and so only Ptah is. Pharaoh. Above (celestial, realm of deities) as well as below (terrestrial. Ptah's great name in charge.•. LINE 6 is the "preface". In it, other deities will be invoked. Hence, the. author makes sure to mention Ptah is the father of Atum, the creator- god of. Hence, Ptah is before. Atum. This idea of firstness is repeated in LINE 4. Memphis & the political unity of the royal. Residence. However, because. Ptah begat the Heliopolitan creator- god Atum, his name is greater than. Atum's, although the latter gave birth to the Ennead, i. Hence, Ptah's all- encompassing nature is put into evidence. The. supremacy of Ptah over Atum is the core of this theology. Hence, LINES 3 - 6 contain the summary of Ptah's claims to suprimacy over the. LINE 7 : here the actual political. Lines 1. 0 to 3. 5 are responsive. When the gods are. Egyptian pictoral composition. This spatial syntax is also reminiscent of. Unfortunately, these lines are very worn and so the complete drama is lost. Shabaka Stone : LINES. Geb's words to the nine gods : "Notice how the flagpoles are reversed, pointing to the Geb- goose, as in direct. Geb's words to Seth : "Go to the place in which you were. Seth : Upper Egypt.(1. Geb's words to Horus : "Go to the place in which your father was. Horus : Lower Egypt.(1. Geb's words to Horus and Seth : "I have separated you."(1. Lower and Upper Egypt.(1. Then it seemed wrong to Geb that the portion of Horus was like the portion. Seth. So Geb gave Horus his inheritance, for he is the son of his firstborn. Geb's words to the Ennead : "I have appointed(1. Horus, the firstborn."(1. Geb's words to the Ennead : "Him alone, (1. Horus, the inheritance." (1. Yatzy - Free download and software reviews.
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