SnT-nfr.t, literally “the Beautiful Foundation”, was one of the most important religious center in the VII nome of Lower Egypt. It is attested in several geographic inscriptions of the Ptolemaic and Roman Period. Scholars are aware of a single source that testifies SnT-nfr.t toponym before the Ptolemaic Period: the coffin of Onurisnakht, “priest of Amon-Ra, lord of SnT-nfr.t”, dated to the IV century BC and now preserved in the Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien. The stela Louvre IM 4018 (A) from Serapeum in Memphis, belonging to Pedihoremheb and his brother Horo, is the key to backdate the attestation of the toponym SnT-nfr.t to the VI century BC. Indeed, the stela, dated to the 4th year of the reign of Darius I (518 BC), mentions a toponym SnT and provides a strong link with the god Ha, since Udjahorresenet, the father of Pedihoremheb, is stated to be a priest of Ha. Three other documents support the identification of the lemma SnT as an abbreviated form of SnT-nfr.t and connect it with the VII nome of Lower Egypt: B) three geographical texts (Edfu I 331, 16, papyrus Carlsberg 182, Dendera X, 86, 5) and the gold scarab Louvre E 10697, bearing the title Hm nTr HA aA nb Imnt.t, “priest of Ha, the great, lord of West”, show that the god Ha is the main god in the VII nome; C) a geographic inscription, engraved on the second western chapel of Osiris at Dendera (Dendera X, 118, 9-10), proves that the toponym SnT-nfr.t is used for the name of a demon of the VII nome of Lower Egypt; D) a geographic inscription, engraved on the chapel of Sokar at Edfu (Edfu I, 194, 2), places the demon’s name as attested in Dendera inscription beside the abbreviation SnT. They clearly refer to the same toponym, SnT-nfr.t/¤nT and they connect it to the Western Harpoon province.
Il toponimo SnT nella stele IM 4018 del Serapeum di Menfi e la prima testimonianza della Bella-Fondazione (SnT-nfr.t)
Tiribilli E
2014-01-01
Abstract
SnT-nfr.t, literally “the Beautiful Foundation”, was one of the most important religious center in the VII nome of Lower Egypt. It is attested in several geographic inscriptions of the Ptolemaic and Roman Period. Scholars are aware of a single source that testifies SnT-nfr.t toponym before the Ptolemaic Period: the coffin of Onurisnakht, “priest of Amon-Ra, lord of SnT-nfr.t”, dated to the IV century BC and now preserved in the Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien. The stela Louvre IM 4018 (A) from Serapeum in Memphis, belonging to Pedihoremheb and his brother Horo, is the key to backdate the attestation of the toponym SnT-nfr.t to the VI century BC. Indeed, the stela, dated to the 4th year of the reign of Darius I (518 BC), mentions a toponym SnT and provides a strong link with the god Ha, since Udjahorresenet, the father of Pedihoremheb, is stated to be a priest of Ha. Three other documents support the identification of the lemma SnT as an abbreviated form of SnT-nfr.t and connect it with the VII nome of Lower Egypt: B) three geographical texts (Edfu I 331, 16, papyrus Carlsberg 182, Dendera X, 86, 5) and the gold scarab Louvre E 10697, bearing the title Hm nTr HA aA nb Imnt.t, “priest of Ha, the great, lord of West”, show that the god Ha is the main god in the VII nome; C) a geographic inscription, engraved on the second western chapel of Osiris at Dendera (Dendera X, 118, 9-10), proves that the toponym SnT-nfr.t is used for the name of a demon of the VII nome of Lower Egypt; D) a geographic inscription, engraved on the chapel of Sokar at Edfu (Edfu I, 194, 2), places the demon’s name as attested in Dendera inscription beside the abbreviation SnT. They clearly refer to the same toponym, SnT-nfr.t/¤nT and they connect it to the Western Harpoon province.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
