The Nenib-List Reconsidered: A Synoptic Reading of Edfu and Athribis Scented Material
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Heike Wilde
,
Diana Míčková
,
Martin Pehal
und
Sean Coughlin
Summary
This paper forms the second part of our study of parallel inscriptions preserved in the temples of Edfu and Athribis. It focuses on a list of aromatic woods. Central to these inscriptions is the term nenib, previously identified with styrax but more plausibly understood as a broader category of scented materials. The paper presents a detailed, synoptic edition and translation of the Nenib-lists from both Edfu and Athribis, accompanied by a critical review and analysis of their multiple layers of meaning, including religious, cultic, symbolic, and linguistic dimensions. The investigation continues our proposed framework for understanding how botanical and aromatic materials were conceptualized and classified in Egyptian textual and cultural contexts.
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Artikel in diesem Heft
- Titelseiten
- Irmtraut Munro
- Instruments of Crime in Tomb Robbery Papyri
- The Unveiled Man
- CT 335 on the Head Side of Inner Coffin A7A From Qubbet el-Hawa (QH31/15/S5/UE21/30)
- The Stela of Ahmose the Scribe and Reckoner of the Cattle (CG 34049/GEM 5888)
- A Liturgical Ostracon From the Burial Shaft of Wahibremeryneith at Abusir
- A Mysterious Papyrus of the Roman Period from Athribis (Papyrus SH 389)
- Serving the Mendesian Ram in Memphis for Generations
- Le cercueil de Padiousir fils de Pahep
- ‘Priests of Maat’ and Ideal Autobiographies in the Old Kingdom – A Suggestion
- Osiris and Thoth in the Valley of Caracas: The Circulation History of Two Egyptian Objects in Late Nineteenth-Century Venezuela
- The Nenib-List Reconsidered: A Synoptic Reading of Edfu and Athribis Scented Material
- Ein seltenes Epitheton des Gottes Chons-in–Theben- im Tempel von Dakke
