NMC101H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 2: Paopi, Horemheb, Prehistoric Egypt
15 Sep 2016
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The calendar and historical sources (oxford history 1-16, atlas 36-37, idea into image 57-71 for native egyptian conceptions) Ce = common era counting from 0, birth of christ. 1stip, 2ndip, 3rdip = 1st, 2nd, 3rd, intermediate period. 1000 and -1 (last day before the common era) 9th century bce is 900-801 before the common era. Four ways to determine time: agricultural calendar, observes the change of seasons, three seasons (four months each) b. i. Shemu = harvest /summer (4-7: the lunar calendar (observation of the moon, length of month = 30 days a. i. 12 months/year b. c. for ritual/cultic purposes important festivals c. i. gave name to month in which celebrated: e. g. theban opet- festival in second month of akhet = paopi : astronomical time keeping. Day-time: observation of path of the sun/shadow clocks. Sources for star clocks: coffin lids from middle kingdom onwards (c. 2000 bce ff) Astronomical ceilings and nut-pictures in tombs and temples, from.
