By Professor William J Murnane, The Chicago Epigraphic Survey
This quantity completes the checklist of the forecourt and major hypostyle corridor of the temple of Khons in Karnak, by way of the Chicago Epigraphic Survey. We now ultimately own a whole and actual checklist of the works of Ramesses XI and Herihor there, plus a complete sequence of supplementary scenes and texts from the twenty first Dynasty (Pinudjem I; Menkheperre), a textual content of Osorkon I, dedications via Nectanebo II, and texts and scenes of Ptolemy II, IV and IX, in addition to Alexander. a lot of what seems the following used to be previous unpublished; what used to be identified now seems in significantly greater shape. ... The folio of plates is observed by way of a 4to book giving not just the record of plates and annotated translation of all texts, but in addition an informative preface by way of Dr. Kent Weeks, e.g., at the vicissitudes of royal and priestly positive factors within the reliefs of Pinudjem I; he additionally shows that this current quantity (fruit of such a lot of collaborators around the many years) was once considerably the paintings of Dr. W. J. Murnane. a brand new and intensely welcome function of the text-fascicle is its complete word list (in transliteration) of all texts in Vols. 1 and a pair of of Khonsu. [From a evaluation via okay. A. Kitchen in Bibliotheca Orientalis forty-one (1984) 84-85].
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A This word, alternately written dr (cols. 10, 33, 36) and rd (cols. 16,28, 37, 39) is probably to be identified with the rwdw-garment (Jac. M. Janssen, Commodity Pricesfrom the Ramessid Period [Leiden, 1975], pp. , p. 285, table XLVI). The simplified spelling rd is quite common (Wb 4, 410), whereas the alternate dr-cloth (Wb 5, 475:9-13) is, with one exception, attested only in religious texts of the Graeco-Roman period. I Read pnc (Sir Alan Gardiner, Egyptian Grammar, 3d ed. [London, 1964], Sign List no.
PLATE 137. A-C. DECORATION ON THE PILASTERS OF THE SOUTH WALL OF THE COURT PLATE 137. A. TOP HALF Nekhbet, the White One of Hieracon[polis], as she gives all plains and all hill countries together under your sandals, as she gives valor against the South(lands) and victoriousness against the North(lands) like Re every day. BorroM HALF The King of Upper and Lower Egypt, with a strong forearm, who has smitten the Nine Bows, who causes this land to (continue to) exist for [the one who made] it, a the High Priest of Amon-Re, King of the Gods, Painutem, [justi]fied, the son of the [Hi]gh Priest of Amon, Pa[iankh] ....
C. AND 130. C. DEDICATORY INSCRIPTION OF PAINUTEM I Re-Harakhti, Ruler of the Two Lands, great in victories; King of Upper and Lower Egypt, Amon-Re, Lord of the Thrones of the Two Lands, Preeminent in Karnak, Ruler of Heaven, Ruler of all the Gods, protecting the High Priest of Amon, Painutem. PLATE 131. A, B. RENEWAL INSCRIPTIONS OF NECTANEBO II PLATE 131. A. 1 [Re]novation of the monument which the Perfect God did, (namely), the Lord of the Two Lands and Lord of the Ritual, Senedjemibre-Setepenamon; 2 [the Son of] Re, Lord of Diadem[s, Nekhthorheb-Mermacat-Siamon], for his father, Amon-Re, Lord of the for him the great and Thrones of the Two Lands, Preeminent in Karnak, a noble portal, ador]ned with gold like the horizon of heaven when Re is in it.