Kemetic Resources

[Caelia]

The Daily Ritual for Amun in the temple in Karnak provides a great foundation for a daily offering format. The outline is directly pulled from this site: http://www.digitalegypt.ucl.ac.uk/re...dailycult.html . Digital Egypt is a source I can't recommend enough due to its invaluable information for free, and it put together as a teaching resource by the University of London.

The daily offering ritual for the cult of Amun at Karnak, as recorded in manuscript Papyrus Berlin 3055
Title of manuscript

Beginning of the formulae of offerings to the god made at the temple of Amun-Ra king of the gods in the course of every day by the principal pure-priest who is in his day of service
Preparations

1. Formula for lighting the fire

2. Formula for taking the censer

3. Formula for placing the offering-cup on the censer

4. Formula for placing the incense on the flame

5. Formula for proceeding to the sacred place

6. Another formula
Opening the shrine

7. Formula for breaking the seal-tie

8. Formula for breaking the clay seal

9. Formula for untying the seal-cord
Facing the image - hymns to the deity

10. Formula for opening the face (= introducing light to the face of the image)

11. Formula for seeing the deity

12. Formula for kissing the earth

13. Formula for placing oneself on one's stomach

14. Formula for placing oneself on one's stomach and stretching out

15. Formula for kissing the earth, face down

16. Another formula

17. Another formula

18. Formula for adoring Amun

19. Another adoration of Amun
Ointment and incense

20. Formula for the oil -festival-perfume' with honey

21. Formula for incense
Entry

22. Formula for entering the temple

23. Formula for entering the sanctuary of the deity

24. Another formula

25. Formula for going to the stairway
Facing the image

26. Formula for opening the face in festivity (= introducing light to the face of the image)

27. Formula for opening the face (= introducing light to the face of the image) (= no.10)

28. Formula for seeing the deity (= no.11)

29. Formula for kissing the earth (= no.12)

30. Formula for placing oneself on one's stomach (= no.13)

31. Formula for placing oneself on one's stomach and stretching out (= no.14)

32. Formula for kissing the earth, face down (= no.15)

33. Another formula (= no.16)

34. Another formula (= no.17)
Incense

35. Formula for incense

36. Another formula
Hymns to the deity

37. Adoration of Amun

38. Another

39. Another

40. Another adoration of Amun

41. Another adoration of Amun at dawn
The offering of the goddess personifying What is Right Maat)

42. Formula for the offering of Maat
Incense

43. Formula for incense for the Nine Gods (= the other deities in the same temple)
Robing the deity

44. Formula for placing one's hands on the deity

45. Formula for placing one's hands on the box for performing the purification

46. Formula for the four purifications of the four nemset-vessels of water

47. Formula for the four purifications of the four red vessels of water

48. Performing the purification with incense

49. Formula for the white cloth

50. Formula for donning the cloth

51. Formula for donning the plant-fresh cloth

52. Formula for donning the cloth of red-soaked linen

53. Formula for donning the idemi-cloth
Adorning the deity with scented oil and eye-paint

54. Formula for the offering of oil

55. Formula for the offering of oil for the daily offerings

56. Formula for offering the copper eye-paint

57. Formula for offering the lead eye-paint
Closing the ritual

58. Formula for spreading the sand

59. Formula for smin-natron at circuiting four times

60. Formula for the cup of natron

61. Formula for the cup of incense

62. Performing the purifications

63. Formula for smin-natron (= abbreviated version of no.59)

64. Formula for the cup of water

65. Formula for incense (= version of no.21/48)

66. Formula for censing with antyu (= myrrh?)


Additional formulae in other sources for the daily offering ritual

Among the formulae omitted in the ritual for Amun on Berlin 3055 (Moret 1902, 229-246), the versions in the temple of Sety I at Abydos include the following at the robing and anointing of the image:

Formula for tying the nemes-headcloth on the body

Formula for the was-sceptre, crook, flail, armlets, and anklets

Fastening the Double Plume crown on the head

Formula for placing the necklace (?) and counterpoise

Formula for tying the broad collar and rectangular pectoral

[CttCJim]

Re: Daily Ritual from Karnak

Awesome, a source with archaeological citations! You rock.

[Maulus]

Re: Daily Ritual from Karnak

This is a great site i have seen it around for a while but not looked at it in any detail, good find


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[Caelia]

Re: Daily Ritual from Karnak

[quote author=Maulus link=topic=1108.msg20181#msg20181 date=1291634432]
This is a great site i have seen it around for a while but not looked at it in any detail, good find


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They also have an outline for the Opening of the Mouth Ceremony that I use. They have all sorts of treasures throughout the site.

[Maulus]

Re: Daily Ritual from Karnak

I have been using Jim Loy's Egypt site recently. Although it doesn't cover ritual or religion, it is more about the language and hieroglyphs, He has a list of the Gods as well as an almost complete king list too. i have found this quite useful.


M

[Caelia]

Re: Daily Ritual from Karnak

[quote author=Maulus link=topic=1108.msg20198#msg20198 date=1291638452]
I have been using Jim Loy's Egypt site recently. Although it doesn't cover ritual or religion, it is more about the language and hieroglyphs, He has a list of the Gods as well as an almost complete king list too. i have found this quite useful.


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Maybe we should set up a resource thread? I thought there was one already, but that may have been the previous incarnation of the forum.

[Maulus]

Re: Daily Ritual from Karnak

[quote author=Caelia link=topic=1108.msg20200#msg20200 date=1291638681]
Maybe we should set up a resource thread? I thought there was one already, but that may have been the previous incarnation of the forum.
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Would probably be a good idea, i have a few sites i use regularly, but i daresay you guys that have been researching this for a lot longer than i have will have a few more sites that you use as well


M

[Caelia]

Kemetic Resources

It was decided in another thread that some resource thread should be provided. This will be added to by all of us and hopefully we can all share This, of course, is by no means exhaustive and more info comes out with each dig.

http://www.digitalegypt.ucl.ac.uk/

An invaluable resource created by the University of London for educators

http://papyri.info/

A nice database for papyri

http://www.fitzmuseum.cam.ac.uk/er/

Another incredible resource

http://www.touregypt.net/historicalessays/

A treasure trove of essays that provide a foundation, but I caution against using it as a sole source because many of the articles are written by members of the House of Netjer. They're not bad people or even grossly misinformed, but there are biases to consider.

[Maulus]

Re: Kemetic Resources

I have a couple of sites i found useful:


Ancient Egypt Online - Very basic, but a decent amount of information to help point you in the right direction to look for more detail.


Jim Loy's Pages - i found this one searching for heiroglyphic information rather than mythology. a good starting resource if you are learning to read Heiroglyphs and translate ancient texts for yourself.


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[Maulus]

Re: Kemetic Resources

The Ancient Egypt Online link should take you to the website, not a blackhole!


Thanks to Caelia for pointing that out to me :-[


M

[Caelia]

Re: Kemetic Resources

[quote author=Maulus link=topic=1124.msg20238#msg20238 date=1291654843]
The Ancient Egypt Online link should take you to the website, not a blackhole!


Thanks to Caelia for pointing that out to me :-[


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No worries, we all do things like that.

[Caelia]

Re: Kemetic Resources

Here are some links to wisdom literature:

http://egypt.thetao.info/amenemope.htm

The Instructions of Amenemope

http://www.kenseamedia.com/encyclopedia/ppp/instructions_ptah_hotep.htm

The Instruction of Good Discourse (The Instruction of Ptah-hotep)

[Caelia]

Re: Kemetic Resources

The Pyramid Texts Online is an incredible source. While I do question some of the translations, they do provide groundwork for wording certain steps in your own rituals:

http://www.pyramidtextsonline.com/translation.html

[Caelia]

Re: Kemetic Resources

What is mean by kemetic? Please explain this word.

It's an adjective for the word Kemet, which is what the Ancient Egyptians called their land. It means "Black Land" in reference to the silt from the Nile. The word is used to describe the practices of those from Ancient Egypt. If I recall correctly, the word started showing up in the '70s.

[Caelia]

Re: Kemetic Resources

I happened upon the actual scroll of the Papyrus of Ani, which amazed me since Budge cut it up. It doesn't appear to be translated, but for those inclined to practice their linguistic skills you'll have a heyday with it:

http://projects.vassar.edu/bookofthedead/