Medinet Habu Research Articles

Following the Path of the Sea Persons: the Women in the Medinet Habu Reliefs

Following the Path of the Sea Persons: the Women in the Medinet Habu Reliefs

La Quête De La Lumière Au Mois De Khoiak: Une Histoire D'Oies

In the second court of the temple of Ramesses III at Medinet Habu, the feast of Sokar, which occurs on the 26th of Khoiak, is represented on the south and south-east walls. The procession of the henu-barque is the main episode of the Sokarian feast, as in all other iconographie documents. However, at Medinet Habu, the divine barque of Sokar is also accompanied by five other ships which belong to the goddesses Hathor, Wadjet, Shesemtet, Bastet and Sekhmet. Behind these ships, a priest brings a chest containing five birds. In this article, the author tries to explain why five goddesses, daughters of Re, and five birds are exceptionally associated with the Sokarian ceremonies, and how they meet together on the 26th of Khoiak.

Osiris Bricks

Discussion of rectangular pottery containers (‘bricks’) with a recessed image of Osiris, together with a catalogue of extant examples. These are related to the Festival of Khoiak, when images of Osiris were made of soil and grain. The containers are defined as matrices for the creation of such Osiris figures. Their date and a western Theban provenance are suggested through discussion of Osirian cult activity, particularly at Medinet Habu, during the Third Intermediate and Late Periods.

ASSESSMENT OF THE TREATMENT OF WALLPAINTINGS ON SITE: MEDINET HABU 1982–95

"ASSESSMENT OF THE TREATMENT OF WALLPAINTINGS ON SITE: MEDINET HABU 1982–95." Studies in Conservation, 41(sup2), p. 16

Amunhotep Son of Hapu at Medinet Habu

Publication of a fragmentary gilded limestone statue of a seated figure holding an unrolled papyrus. The statue, Chicago OIM 14321, excavated at Medinet Habu, is identified as Amunhotep son of Hapu. The inscriptions on the back pillar and the papyrus suggest that the figure was an intercessory through which petitions could be relayed to the god Amun. Demotic texts, graffiti, and small finds, provide evidence that a cult of Amunhotep son of Hapu flourished at Medinet Habu in the Ptolemaic Period.

Catalogue of Demotic Papyri in the British Museum, Vol. 4: Ptolemaic Legal Texts from the Theban Area

This fourth volume of the British Museum Demotic Papyri series is a particularly important contribution to Demotic Egyptian studies. Although these texts have long been known (some of the papyri reached the British Museum as early as 1839), this catalogue publishes high quality photographs of these texts and also brings to the attention of a wide audience a significant array of information on Hellenistic Egypt. A brief bibliography is followed by a two page introduction wherein the author states that the project had its start in a desire to publish all remaining unpublished Theban demotic legal documents of Ptolemaic date in the Egyptian collection (p. 12). The result is this catalogue of forty-eight entries totalling fifty-five texts, all but one of which are papyri. The texts range in date from 311 to 119 B.C. and come from Upper Egypt. They are organized into three groups: 1) archives or otherwise related texts from eastern Thebes and Djeme (Medinet Habu); 2) archives or otherwise related texts from Hermonthis (modern Armant, eighteen kilometers south of Luxor); and 3) individual texts from these three areas whose principal parties do not control any known family archive. A brief description of the archives' contents, genealogy, and relevant bibliography precedes the transliteration and translation of each text. Extensive footnotes for each text contain many invaluable comments, particularly those which point out connections to other Theban papyri. Several indices conclude the book.

Amunhotep Son of Hapu at Medinet Habu

Amunhotep Son of Hapu at Medinet Habu

A Lexicographical Note on the Medinet Habu Inscription of Year 11

In the Medinet Habu inscription of Year 11 on the Second Libyan War a problematic word kms occurs. The author discusses previous explanations of this term and suggests that kms is merely an ancient scribal error for the well known word gns, ‘violence’.

Pour une lecture 'stratigraphique' des parois du temple de Ramsès III à Médinet Habou

(Res.d'A.). The aim of this study is to underscore the necessity of an overal viewpoint when considering texts and representation on the outside walls of the Medinet Habu Ramses III's temple - made up of several superposed layers similar to a sratitigraphy - so as to fully appreciate the intentions of the artists. The rigourous coherence of the composition is moreover demonstrated. Beside the thematic approach which blow up the unity of the composition, the viewpoint was resolutely maintained at a formal level, with a specific attention for the direction of figures in the scenes and signs in the inscriptions.

The Medinet Habu ships: another interpretation

International Journal of Nautical ArchaeologyVolume 18, Issue 2 p. 163-171 The Medinet Habu ships: another interpretation Avner Raban, Avner Raban Center for Maritime Studies, University of Haga, IsraelSearch for more papers by this author Avner Raban, Avner Raban Center for Maritime Studies, University of Haga, IsraelSearch for more papers by this author First published: May 1989 https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1095-9270.1989.tb00188.xCitations: 2AboutPDF ToolsRequest permissionExport citationAdd to favoritesTrack citation ShareShare Give accessShare full text accessShare full-text accessPlease review our Terms and Conditions of Use and check box below to share full-text version of article.I have read and accept the Wiley Online Library Terms and Conditions of UseShareable LinkUse the link below to share a full-text version of this article with your friends and colleagues. Learn more.Copy URL Citing Literature Volume18, Issue2May 1989Pages 163-171 RelatedInformation

On Boats and Sea Peoples

Representations of second millennium ships on a portable altar found in the excavations at Tel Akko are compared to other eastern Mediterranean vessels in an attempt to establish whether any known ship-building tradition is involved in their shapes. The period in which these Tel Akko boats appeared is the one in which the various groups of Sea Peoples' boats have been found in the temple of Ramses III at Medinet Habu. Since the Akko discovery, additional boat representations have been considered in the literature. Combined with other recent studies, which enlarge the available data on the Sea Peoples, we may be able to understand more about this enigmatic period.

Three Large Rock-Stelae Carved by Ramesses III near Quarries

Ramesses III in Thebes, considered to be among the best preserved of the Pharaonic monuments, the Institute aimed at presenting an accurate picture of Egyptian temples. But with the disappearance of parts of temples and tombs almost every year due to weather or the hand of man, it is imperative to record as much as possible, even if not in the same ideal fashion as the Oriental Institute. The Institute has already recorded the majority of the monuments of Ramesses III in the Theban area, these being : the almost intact temple in the First Court of the great temple of Amenre at Karnak and the partly destroyed temple to the west of the Mut Temple in the same area. On the other side of the Nile, the Institute has already recorded the king's extensive funerary temple in Medinet Habu, together with the two palaces annexed to it. Work was also started a few years ago to record the Khonsu temple in Karnak, built by the same king, though only partly decorated by him. About ten more years are needed to complete the recording of this temple. Ramesses III erected many temples in the Theba area, as well as in Memphis and Heliopolis, giving generous donations to these buildings' priesthoods. But even in other places of less mportance, he did not fail to restore their buildings or add to them, sometimes giving donations, but more often contenting himself with appointing a number of men to perform the services of the cults of their divinities.

The "King Ramesses" of the Medinet Habu Procession of Princes

Among the features of the Ramesseum which Ramesses III copied in his own mortuary temple at Medinet Habu is a relief depicting the royal children in single file, the sons first, followed by the daughters.1 Unlike its predecessor, however, the Medinet Habu procession of princes seems not to have been completed by the king at whose behest it was begun. Each figure is shown with an arm extended in worship of a large cartouche of Ramesses III, which alternates with the figures on the wall. In the end, though, only ten of the sons' figures (and none of the daughters') received accompanying texts, and the final state of the monument reflects at least

Mesopotamian and Transtigridian Place Names in the Medinet Habu Lists of Ramses III

The topographical lists on the front pylon of Ramses III's great temple at Medinet Habu are among the most extensive Egyptian monuments of that kind.1 The southern tower of the pylon is inscribed with 125 place names in a relatively good state of preservation. They are arranged in three groups: I. 1-39; II. 40-69; III. 70-125.2 The groups I and II are both written from left to right, they continue each other and form one entity that can be designed as Group I-IL. Group III is written from right to left and is markedly different from Group I-II as to the geographical area it encompasses, although the localities listed in both groups (to judge by the heads of the captives over the name rings) are Asiatic, with the exception of six names in Group II which are African.8 It has long been established that thirty-one out of the fifty-six entries of Group III (Nos. 76-93 and 98-110) have been copied from a topographical list of Ramses II at Karnak,4 and that they refer to places in Palestine, Coelesyria, and the surroundings of Qades-on-the-Orontes,5 i. e. in territories which Ramses II actually possessed or invaded. The same is true for the six entries of Group III (Nos. 7075) that precede the toponyms copied from Ramses II, and for the eleven (Nos. 111-122) that follow them.6 On the contrary, Group I-II shows no connection with the zone of Egyptian rule in Southern Syria and Palestine. The few among its sixty-nine entries that are immediately recognizable point to areas that have either been under Egyptian occupation for only a short time (like No. 6, Aleppo, and No. 29, Carchemish), or not at all (like No. 28, Mitanni). Related to Group I-II are the Asiatic place names on the northern tower (which will hereinafter be distinguished by numbers with asterisks). The northern tower list, the disposition of which is symmetrical to that of its southern counterpart, originally comprised 124 entries, but many of them are now lost.7 Its Group *I-*II (Nos. *1-*38 and ' The latest edition of the hieroglyphic text is that of W. F. Edgerton and J. A. Wilson, Medinet Habu II: Later Historical Records of Ramses III (Chicago, 1932), pl. 101 (southern tower), 102 (northern tower) ; cf. same authors, Historical Records of Ramses III: The Texts in Medinet Habu, Volume I and II, Translated with Explanatory Notes (Chicago, 1936), pp. 105-110 (southern tower), 111-115 (northern tower) ; the translation and commentary of the relevant plates is by J. A. Wilson. Earlier publications by G. Daressy, Recueil de travaux, 20 (1898), pp. 113-119, and W. Max Muller, Egyptological Researches, I (Washington, 1906), pp. 4850, pl. 64-74), are important for variant readings. J. Simons, Handbook for the Study of Egyptian Topographical Lists Relating to Western Asia (Leiden, 1937), pp. 164-173 (Lists XXVII and XXVIII), follows Edgerton-Wilson in the hieroglyphic transcript but notes variant readings by Daressy and MUller. W. Helck, Die Beziehungen Agyptens zu Vorderasien im S. und 2. Jahrtausend v. Chr. (Wiesbaden, 1962), pp. 249-252, gives a syllabic transliteration only of the southern tower list. The place names from Ramses III's lists are also listed and commented upon in Max Burchardt, Die altkanaandischen Fremdworte und Eigennamen im Agyptischen (2 vols. Leipzig, 1909-10), and H. Gauthier, Dictionnaire des noms gdographiques contenus dans les textes hidroglyphiques (6 vols., Cairo, 1925-29). 2 See diagrams in Wilson, p. 108, and Simons, p. 164. Nos. 95-97 and 123-125 (the numeration followed in this study is that of Edgerton-Wilson). 4But in a different sequence; see concordance in Wilson, p. 108, and Helck, pp. 251-252. No. 94 repeats No. 30 in Group I. 6 See Helek, pp. 220-222, with topographical equation.i proposed by different scholars. 6 70, 71, 75 belong to the area of Qadeg-on-the Orontes, 72-74 bear names of pronounced Palestinian character. By comparison with Amenhotep III's list at Soleb, several items of the 111-112 group can be assigned to the region of Edom and Negeb, but the elaboration of it is beyond the object of the present study. Only five African names are destroyed; the damage to Asiatic names is much heavier.

Medinet Habu, Vol. VI. The Temple Proper, Part II. The Re Chapel, the Royal Mortuary Complex, and Adjacent Rooms with Miscellaneous Material from the Pylons, the Forecourts, and the First Hypostyle Hall

Medinet Habu, Vol. VI. The Temple Proper, Part II. The Re Chapel, the Royal Mortuary Complex, and Adjacent Rooms with Miscellaneous Material from the Pylons, the Forecourts, and the First Hypostyle Hall

Medinet Habu, Volume VI, the Temple Proper, Part II.

Previous articleNext article No AccessBook ReviewsMedinet Habu, Volume VI, the Temple Proper, Part II.Hans GoedickeHans Goedicke Search for more articles by this author PDFPDF PLUS Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail SectionsMoreDetailsFiguresReferencesCited by American Journal of Archaeology Volume 68, Number 3July 1964 The journal of the Archaeological Institute of America Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.2307/502397 Copyright © 1964 by the Archaeological Institute of America. All rights reserved.PDF download Crossref reports no articles citing this article.

Book Review: Wall Scenes from the Mortuary Chapel of the Mayor Paser at Medinet Habu

Book Review: Wall Scenes from the Mortuary Chapel of the Mayor Paser at Medinet Habu

Wall Scenes from the Mortuary Chapel of the Mayor Paser at Medinet Habu

Wall Scenes from the Mortuary Chapel of the Mayor Paser at Medinet Habu

Ramesses VI and the Medinet Habu Procession of the Princes

Previous articleNext article No AccessRamesses VI and the Medinet Habu Procession of the PrincesKeith C. SeeleKeith C. Seele Search for more articles by this author PDFPDF PLUS Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail SectionsMoreDetailsFiguresReferencesCited by Journal of Near Eastern Studies Volume 19, Number 3Jul., 1960 Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1086/371581 Views: 5Total views on this site Citations: 3Citations are reported from Crossref PDF download Crossref reports the following articles citing this article:Masashi FUKAYA Oracular Sessions and the Installations of Priests and Officials at the Opet Festival, Orient 47, no.00 (Jan 2012): 191–211.https://doi.org/10.5356/orient.47.191I. E. S. Edwards, C. J. Gadd, N. G. L. Hammond, E. Sollberger The Cambridge Ancient History, (Mar 2008).https://doi.org/10.1017/CHOL9780521086912J. Černý EGYPT: FROM THE DEATH OF RAMESSES III TO THE END OF THE TWENTY-FIRST DYNASTY, (Sep 1975): 606–657.https://doi.org/10.1017/CHOL9780521086912.024

Medinet Habu, Volume V: The Temple Proper, Part I. By The Epigraphic Survey.

Previous articleNext article No AccessBook ReviewsMedinet Habu, Volume V: The Temple Proper, Part I. By The Epigraphic Survey.Henry George FischerHenry George Fischer Search for more articles by this author PDFPDF PLUS Add to favoritesDownload CitationTrack CitationsPermissionsReprints Share onFacebookTwitterLinkedInRedditEmail SectionsMoreDetailsFiguresReferencesCited by American Journal of Archaeology Volume 63, Number 2April 1959 The journal of the Archaeological Institute of America Article DOIhttps://doi.org/10.2307/501764 Copyright © 1959 by the Archaeological Institute of America. All rights reserved.PDF download Crossref reports no articles citing this article.