Der Kaiser und seine Mitregenten in Hieroglyphen: Zu einer neuen Inschrift im Tempel von Esna
Due to recent conservation work at the temple of Esna, a hitherto unknown part of an inscription located at the northern side of the northern architrave came to light. The inscription (Esna IV, 405) deals in particular with the daily course of the sun(-god, i.e. Khnum in a local perspective). In the...
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | German |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2022
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| In: |
Mitteilungen des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts Kairo
Year: 2020, Volume: 76/77, Pages: 353-368 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Septimius Severus Roman Empire, Emperor 146-211
/ Geta, Römisches Reich, Kaiser 189-212
/ Caracalla, Römisches Reich, Kaiser ca. 186-217
/ Chnumtempel (Isna)
/ Painting
/ Inscription
/ Solar activity
/ Hieroglyphics
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| IxTheo Classification: | HH Archaeology |
| Further subjects: | B
Septimius Severus
B Temple of Esna B inscriptions Esna IV, 405 and Esna VI, 496 B Geta B Caracalla |
| Summary: | Due to recent conservation work at the temple of Esna, a hitherto unknown part of an inscription located at the northern side of the northern architrave came to light. The inscription (Esna IV, 405) deals in particular with the daily course of the sun(-god, i.e. Khnum in a local perspective). In the midst of the text, a lacuna is present in the publication. At this very position, a sequence comprised of two cartouches appeared after cleaning, though not in the form of a sunken relief as the rest of the inscription but as a painting instead. In the second cartouche, we encounter the very peculiar case that the names of three emperors (those ofSeptimius Severus, Caracalla, and Geta) are put in but one cartouche. In the paper, it is argued that this procedure can be understood as a local development of how to deal with the phenomenon of an emperor who has chosen his son(s) to be co-regent(s) in hieroglyphic inscriptions. Acting this way, the traditional view of one pharaoh acting at a time is still strongly observed in the temple decoration of the late 2nd and early 3rd century AD . |
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| Physical Description: | Illustrationen |
| ISSN: | 0342-1279 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Deutsches Archäologisches Institut. Abteilung Kairo, Mitteilungen des Deutschen Archäologischen Instituts Kairo
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