The paper attempts to gather and update all the available private documentation related to the specific sacerdotal titles belonging to the Western Harpoon province (7th province of Lower Egypt), also testified in the geographical processions, such as the so-called Great Geographical Text of Edfu (Edfu I, 329-344) and Dendera temple (Dendera X, 19, 22-24, 10). The sources show that this kind of priesthood is attested from the 25th Dynasty onwards, although the peak was reached during the 26th Dynasty. The titles declined at the end of the pharaonic period, during the 30th Dynasty, and disappeared entirely during the Greco-Roman Period. The documentation related to the Western Harpoon province reveals a very intricate picture of many individuals and their genealogies. Indeed, the list of religious, military, and administrative titles makes it possible to trace the cursus honorum of multiple individuals, their careers, movements, and links with official institutions. These data make it possible to create a social map that sheds light on the lives of these people, but above all, their strong relationship with the religious landscape and territory of the Delta.
Interactions between people and territory: the case study of the regionally-specific sacerdotal titles of the Western Harpoon province
Gianluca Miniaci;Christian Greco;Paolo Del Vesco;Mattia Mancini;
2024-01-01
Abstract
The paper attempts to gather and update all the available private documentation related to the specific sacerdotal titles belonging to the Western Harpoon province (7th province of Lower Egypt), also testified in the geographical processions, such as the so-called Great Geographical Text of Edfu (Edfu I, 329-344) and Dendera temple (Dendera X, 19, 22-24, 10). The sources show that this kind of priesthood is attested from the 25th Dynasty onwards, although the peak was reached during the 26th Dynasty. The titles declined at the end of the pharaonic period, during the 30th Dynasty, and disappeared entirely during the Greco-Roman Period. The documentation related to the Western Harpoon province reveals a very intricate picture of many individuals and their genealogies. Indeed, the list of religious, military, and administrative titles makes it possible to trace the cursus honorum of multiple individuals, their careers, movements, and links with official institutions. These data make it possible to create a social map that sheds light on the lives of these people, but above all, their strong relationship with the religious landscape and territory of the Delta.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.
