R. A. Orekhov

Chastnye voprosy memfisskoi toponimiki: chto novogo predlagaet fragment Pap. Harris I, 49, 1–3 dlia uiasneniia znacheniia glavnogo epiteta Ptakha? [Particular issues of Memphis toponymy: what is new in the fragment Pap. Harris I, 49, 1–3 to understand the meaning of Ptah’s main epithet?]

In this paper, the author refers to a fragment of the Papyrus Harris I (49, 1–3) in order to clarify the meaning of Ptah’s main epithet — “who is south of his wall”. According to this text, Ptah, who is described as being “south of his wall”, moves south from the wall towards the temple of his daughter Hathor, mistress of the southern sycamore. In the course of study, the author comes to conclusion that by the “wall” in the epithet of Ptah and by the “wall”, from which a sacred procession mentioned in the text of the papyrus initiated its movement, one should understand the wall of the temple of Ptah. Thus, this passage testifies in favor of reading the epithet proposed by E. S. Bogoslovsky — “Ptah of the southern wall (of his temple)”.

Keywords:
Ptah, “who is south of his wall”, “Ptah of the southern wall (of his temple)”, Hathor, mistress of the sycamore, Papyrus Harris I.

Original language — Russian.

DOI: 10.24412/2686-9276-2022-00010.

Referring: Orekhov R. А. Particular issues of Memphis toponymy: what is new in the fragment Pap. Harris I, 49, 1–3 to understand the meaning of Ptah’s main epithet? [in Russian] // Egypt and neighbouring countries 3 (2022): 49–61. DOI: 10.24412/2686-9276-2022-00010.

Read full article