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PROCESSIONS OF THE PRIESTS OF THE EASTERN STAIRCASE AT EDFU TEMPLE

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Last updated: 25 Dec 2024

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ARCHAEOLOGY
EGYPTOLOGY
GREEK-ROMAN ARCHAEOLOGY

Abstract

This study examines processions of the priests depicted on both sides of the eastern staircase  of Edfu Temple by detailing their iconographies, names, roles, and ranks at the time of the New Year festival. It aims to clarify the similarities and differences between the processional activities on both sides to understand the ritual events that took place in this staircase. The same priests completed their ritual duties on the western descaling staircase, returning to the crypt. The priestly ritual activities performed in the ascending staircase include: Opening the way to the heaven and defeating the threatening enemies, Presenting cloths such as coloured linens, Burning and providing the aromatic ointments, Performing simultaneously the libations and the censing, Carrying the portable chapels of Hathor and Horus. The study declared that the roles and regulations ordering the priests on New Year's Day are differed, both in their ascending and descending from Dandera Temple.  

DOI

10.21608/shedet.2022.244461

Keywords

Edfu Temple, Eastern stairway, New Year’s Day, Priests

Authors

First Name

Ahmed

Last Name

Safina

MiddleName

khalafAllah

Affiliation

faculty of Art, New valley University

Email

aks00@fayoum.edu.eg

City

New valley

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Volume

9

Article Issue

9

Related Issue

34627

Issue Date

2022-07-01

Receive Date

2022-06-16

Publish Date

2022-07-01

Page Start

18

Page End

39

Print ISSN

2356-8704

Online ISSN

2536-9954

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https://shedet.journals.ekb.eg/article_244461.html

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1,264

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Shedet

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https://shedet.journals.ekb.eg/

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PROCESSIONS OF THE PRIESTS OF THE EASTERN STAIRCASE AT EDFU TEMPLE

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Created At

22 Jan 2023