From 408be4aea099fe0389b4ea499ea5e7fe62512e14 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Alexandros Tsakos Date: Wed, 3 May 2023 15:41:46 +0200 Subject: [PATCH] timotrue !publish! --- content/article/urosmatic.md | 17 ++++++++--------- content/article/zellmann.md | 2 ++ 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) diff --git a/content/article/urosmatic.md b/content/article/urosmatic.md index 82c988a..2756abc 100644 --- a/content/article/urosmatic.md +++ b/content/article/urosmatic.md @@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ women and children, since they are often entirely neglected.[^20] The Kawa III stela of Taharqa (Copenhagen, Ny Carlsberg Glyptotek Æ.I.N. 1707, Columns 22-23) informs us that the king provided the temple of Amun with male and female servants, and the children of the -rulers (*wr.w*) of Tjehenu (Libyans).[^21] The Kawa VI (Khartoum SNM +rulers (*ḥḳ3.w*) of Tjehenu (Libyans).[^21] The Kawa VI (Khartoum SNM 2679, line 20-21) stela informs us that the temple of Amun in Kawa was filled with, among other others, female servants, wives of the rulers of Lower Egypt (*T3-mḥw*), and the children of the rulers of every foreign @@ -246,8 +246,7 @@ and feathers is also found as a bound prisoner on the pylon of the tomb chapel of Begrawiya North 6 (the tomb of Amanishakheto).[^48] It is also depicted on the east wall painting from the small temple M292, better known because of the head of a statue of Augustus, which was buried in -front of its entrance, as well as a representation of the so-called -Roman prisoner on the same wall painting.[^49] According to Florian Wöß, +front of its entrance.[^49] According to Florian Wöß, this type of enemy can be classified as an Inner African Type. It is most numerous among Meroitic depictions of enemies and Wöß argues that it could have therefore represented a real threat to the Meroites.[^50] @@ -452,7 +451,7 @@ contrasted to the vulvas which should receive them,[^85] we can argue that, in both cases, bulls stand for men, or at least masculinity, in both the human and animal world. It is interesting that on the Triumphal stela of Piye women from the palace of the Lower Egyptian king Nimlot -paid homage to Piye "after the manner of women" (*m* *ḫt* *ḥm.wt*).[^86] +paid homage to Piye "after the manner of women" (*m* *ḫt* *ḥm.wt*).[^86] Maybe this indicates that there was also a manner in which men are supposed to pay homage to the king, and that the defeated kings and counts of Lower Egypt failed to do this, or at least the text wants us @@ -490,7 +489,7 @@ sources.[^89] # Meroitic Non-royal and Royal Women in War In Diodorus Siculus (1st century BCE), Agatharchides reports how the -Ethiopians employed women in war: "They also arm their women, defining +Aethiopians employed women in war: "They also arm their women, defining for them a military age. It is customary for most of these women to have a bronze ring through one of their lips".[^90] This is repeated by Strabo in first century CE.[^91] @@ -572,14 +571,14 @@ bound enemies.[^102] **~~Figure 4. Amanishakheto spearing enemies, pylon, pyramid Begrawiya North 6, line drawing (Chapman & Dunham. *Decorated Chapels of the Meroitic Pyramids at Meroë and Barkal*, Pl. 17).~~** -![Shanakdakheto sitting on a throne with bound enemies underneath](../static/images/matic/fig5.jpg "Shanakdakheto sitting on a throne with bound enemies underneath") +![Shanakdakheto (?) sitting on a throne with bound enemies underneath](../static/images/matic/fig5.jpg "Shanakdakheto (?) sitting on a throne with bound enemies underneath") -**~~Figure 5. Shanakdakheto sitting on a throne with bound enemies underneath, north wall, pyramid Begrawiya North 11, line drawing (Chapman & Dunham. *Decorated Chapels of the Meroitic Pyramids at Meroë and Barkal*, Pl. 7A).~~** +**~~Figure 5. Shanakdakheto (?) sitting on a throne with bound enemies underneath, north wall, pyramid Begrawiya North 11, line drawing (Chapman & Dunham. *Decorated Chapels of the Meroitic Pyramids at Meroë and Barkal*, Pl. 7A).~~** Bound enemies are additionally depicted under the throne of the queen on the north wall of pyramid Begrawiya North 11 attributed to -Shanakdakheto, ca. 170-125 BCE (Figure 5).[^103] Nine bows, the +Shanakdakheto (Figure 5).[^103] Nine bows, the traditional symbol for enemies originating from ancient Egypt, are depicted under the throne of Amanitore of the 1st century CE (Figure 6), just as they are depicted under the throne of Natakamani in the @@ -668,7 +667,7 @@ potential traces of trauma on the skeletons would be more indicative, however both could also be found in burials without such associated weapons. Nevertheless, one should not exclude the possibility that Meroitic queens made military decisions, just like, for example, the -17th Dynasty queen Ahhotep or the 18th Dynasty queen Hatshepsut in +17th Dynasty queen Ahhotep or the 18th Dynasty female pharaoh Hatshepsut in Egypt,[^113] though they probably did not fight in war. The depictions of Meroitic queens smiting enemies should be seen in the context of royal ideology. Unlike Egyptian queens, who are depicted as women diff --git a/content/article/zellmann.md b/content/article/zellmann.md index 350d04d..4de9478 100644 --- a/content/article/zellmann.md +++ b/content/article/zellmann.md @@ -330,6 +330,8 @@ Northern Nubia *Text* +||| +|:---|:---| | | \+ ἔνθα κατάκε̣ι- | | | ται ἡ μακαρία | | | Τιμοθέα· ἐτε- |