Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter I
2. Preface VII
3. Table of Contents XIII
4. Part I: Chapter Three: Calendars, Clocks, and Astronomy
5. Egyptian Calendars: Introduction to Egyptian Calendars 1
6. Parker's Account of the Old Lunar Calendar 7
7. The Later Lunar Calendar 23
8. The Origin of the Civil Calendar 28
9. Sothic Dates and the Ebers Calendar 37
10. The Night Hours 48
11. Decanal Clocks 53
12. Transit Decanal Clocks 56
13. The Ramesside Star Clock 59
14. Outflow Wate r Clocks 65
15. Inflow Wate r Clocks 77
16. Shadow Clocks 83
17. Egyptian Sundials 95
18. Traces of a 24-hour Day with Equal Hours 98
19. Astronomical Ceilings and Other Monuments 106
20. The Ceiling of the Secret Tomb of Senmut 111
21. The Vaulted Ceiling of Hall K in Seti Is Tomb 121
22. Egyptian Zodiacs 126
23. Conclusion 127
24. Notes to Chapter Three 131
25. Part Two Documents
26. Document III.1: Introduction Feast Lists in The Old and Middle Kingdoms 167
27. Document III.l Feast Lists in the Old and Middle Kingdoms 183
28. Document III.2: Introduction The Ebers Calendar 195
29. Document III.2 The Ebers Calendar 217
30. Document III.3: Introduction The Astronomical Ceiling of the Secret Tomb of Senmut 219
31. Document III.3 The Astronomical Ceiling of the Secret Tomb of Senmut 223
32. Document III.4: Introduction The Vaulted Ceiling of Hall K in the Tomb of Seti I 237
33. Document III.4 The Vaulted Ceiling of Hall K in the Tomb of Seti I 241
34. Document III.5: Introduction Extracts from the Calendar of the Temple at Medina Habu in Western Thebes 255
35. Document III.5 Extracts from the Calendar of the Temple at Mediriet Habu in Western Thebes 267
36. Document III.6: Introduction The Names of the 30 [Feast-Days] of the [Lunar] Monthfs] 281
37. Document III.6 The Names of the 3 0 [Feast-Days] of [Lunar] Monthts] 287
38. Document III.7 A Table of the Lengths of the Daylight and of the Nighttime at Monthly Intervals, i.e., on the First of each Month (from Cairo Museum Papyrus No. 86637) 293
39. Document III.8 A Table of the Lengths of the Daylight and of the Nighttime at Semimonthly Intervals, i.e., on the First and Fifteenth of each Month. 295
40. Document III.9: Introduction An Egyptian 25-Year Lunar Cycle 297
41. Document III.9 An Egyptian 25-Year Lunar Cycle 303
42. Document III.10: Introduction The Heliacal Rising of Sirius and Sothic Periods in Ancient Egypt 309
43. Document III.IO The Heliacal Rising of Sirius and Sothic Periods in Ancient Egypt 323
44. Document III.11: Introduction The Decanal Clock on the Lid of the Coffin of Meshet 343
45. Document III.11 The Decanal Clock on the Lid of the Coffin of Meshet 349
46. Document III.12: Introduction The Book of Nut that Accompanies the Figure of Nut in her Arched Celestial Position, Together with Extracts from a Commentary on It 359
47. Document III.12 The Book of Nut that Accompanies the Figure of Nut in her Arched Celestial Position, Together with Extracts from a Commentary on It. 373
48. Document III.13: Introduction The Dramatic Text in the Cenotaph of Seti I 395
49. Document III.13 The Dramatic Text in the Cenotaph of Seti I 401
50. Document III.14: Introduction The Ramesside Star Clock 407
51. Document III.14 The Ramesside Star Clock 429
52. Document III.15: Introduction Amenemhet's Water Clock 459
53. Document III.16: Introduction The Shadow Clock described in the Cenotaph of Seti I 465
54. Document III.17 The Rectangular Zodiac from the Temple of Khnum (Esna A) and the Round Zodiac from the Temple of Hathor (Dendera B) 473
55. Document III.18: Introduction Inscriptions on the Statue of the Astronomer Harkhebi 491
56. Document III.18 Inscriptions on the Statue of the Astronomer Harkhebi 497
57. Postscript A Petroglyph Discovered at Nekhen with Possible Astronomical Significance 499
58. Part Three Bibliography and Indexes 509