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    Kemetic Resources

    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.

    Originally posted by "Digital Egypt"
    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
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    Re: Daily Ritual from Karnak

    Awesome, a source with archaeological citations! You rock.
    Be Excellent to each other - or something will Happen to you.

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      #3
      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


      M
      In the end, only you know if you were right or wrong, so tolerate others beliefs, no matter how wrong, they may be right...

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        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


        M
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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.
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          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
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            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.


            M
            [/quote]

            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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              [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.
              [/quote]


              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
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                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.




                An invaluable resource created by the University of London for educators



                A nice database for papyri


                Another incredible resource


                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.
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                  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.


                  M
                  In the end, only you know if you were right or wrong, so tolerate others beliefs, no matter how wrong, they may be right...

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                    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
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                      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 :-[


                      M
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                      No worries, we all do things like that.
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                        Re: Kemetic Resources

                        Here are some links to wisdom literature:



                        The Instructions of Amenemope




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

                          Read the complete English translation of the Pyramid Texts from the pyramid of Unas.
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                            Re: Kemetic Resources

                            Originally posted by vgulavni
                            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.
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                              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:

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