Ha in Sheta
The coronation cycle in the Portico of the Birth in the temple of Deir el-Bahari includesa scene of purification of Hatshepsut by a god captioned as Ha in Sheta. This seemingly hapaxtoponym provides the key to a proper understanding of the highly symbolic meaning of the scene.The place name, compose...
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| description | The coronation cycle in the Portico of the Birth in the temple of Deir el-Bahari includesa scene of purification of Hatshepsut by a god captioned as Ha in Sheta. This seemingly hapaxtoponym provides the key to a proper understanding of the highly symbolic meaning of the scene.The place name, composed of basic cosmographical hieroglyphs, has at the same time a spelling thatrefers to a vast semantic field of the notions of “mystery”, “secret”, “be hidden”, etc. It appears thatthe purification made by a god of the western desert in a “mysterious” place refers to the initiationof the female pharaoh into the secrets of the sun god, enabling her to fulfill her role as the providerof sustenance for humanity. The role of the god Ha as a protector against hunger, rooted in the OldKingdom tradition and expressed also in the text of BD 178 in the Offering Chapel of Hatshepsut,is crucial in this respect. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-e22ed11619494e7cb647b52ff42343b22024-04-08T12:56:57ZdeuUniversity of Warsaw PressPolish Archaeology in the Mediterranean1234-54152083-537X2016-01-01242839210.5604/01.3001.0010.017601.3001.0010.0176Ha in ShetaAndrzej Ćwiek0Adam Mickiewicz University, PoznanThe coronation cycle in the Portico of the Birth in the temple of Deir el-Bahari includesa scene of purification of Hatshepsut by a god captioned as Ha in Sheta. This seemingly hapaxtoponym provides the key to a proper understanding of the highly symbolic meaning of the scene.The place name, composed of basic cosmographical hieroglyphs, has at the same time a spelling thatrefers to a vast semantic field of the notions of “mystery”, “secret”, “be hidden”, etc. It appears thatthe purification made by a god of the western desert in a “mysterious” place refers to the initiationof the female pharaoh into the secrets of the sun god, enabling her to fulfill her role as the providerof sustenance for humanity. The role of the god Ha as a protector against hunger, rooted in the OldKingdom tradition and expressed also in the text of BD 178 in the Offering Chapel of Hatshepsut,is crucial in this respect.http://pam-journal.pl/gicid/01.3001.0010.0176HatshepsutDeir el-BahariHaShetaenthronementpurification |
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| topic | Hatshepsut Deir el-Bahari Ha Sheta enthronement purification |
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