Hallo zusammen ! Der II.Schrein des Tutanchamun ist auf seinen seitlichen Außenwänden mit einer bis dato unbekannten Komposition, welche die Erschaffung und Auffüllung der Sonnenscheibe bei Nacht zum Inhalt hat, dekoriert. Obwohl einzelne Bilder in den Gräbern von Ramses VI. und IX. den hier abgebildeten ähneln, ist die Darstellung in ihrer Gesamtheit einzigartig. Die begleitenden Texte erscheinen in enigmatischer, also verschlüsselter Form. Hier Beschreibung und Umzeichnung aus Piankoff, Alexandre: The Shrines of Tut-Ankh-Amon. - New York: Harper & Row, 1962. - S. 94 - 95, S. 121 - 122 & Fig. 41 : Zitat - Piankoff:
(S.: 94) ... The representations on the left and right panels are unique, though certain figures are similar to those in the tombs of Ramesses VI and Ramesses IX. Here they are accompanied by inscriptions in enigmatic script, where every current sign is replaced by another. There are also groups of symbolic representations which are impossible to interpret at present. The detailed description of the representations and the translation of the texts are given below. Here we shall try to give a general interpretation of the whole. The representations on both panels probably portray extracts from an unknown cosmological composition dealing with the creation and the refilling of the solar disk with fire during the night. The conception that the sun loses its heat by day and has to be replenished by night is very similar to the view of Heraclitus, who believed that the solar "trough", or disk, was automatically replenished during the night by fumes which rose from the earth and which became ignited every morning, when the trough was full. Here, in the region of death, the sun passes by, or through, the bodies of the gods who reside there. Their bodies remain in the dark while their souls, i.e., their power, their essence, follow the sun in his journey. In other words, in the region of death the sun collects new energy for his rebirth in the morning. (S.: 95) In the central portion of the left panel (Plates 47, 48, 49) stands a large mummiform figure, He who hides the Hours, with the face of Tut-Ankh-Amon. His head and feet are placed in circles formed by the serpent Mehen, the Enveloper. In his body is the disk with a ram-headed bird inside, symbolizing the night sun. A rope upheld by seven adoring gods evidently serves to pull the disk from the body of the mummiform figure. In the Fifth Division of the Book of Gates the gods of the Netherworld pull the hours of the night, by means of a rope, from the mouth of Aken. This is evidently a similar conception. On the right, in the registers in front of the figure of He who hides the Hours, are representations of the Head of Re, a ram-headed pole, and the Neck of Re, a jackal-headed pole. We know from other compositions that the Head and Neck of Re symbolize the creative power of the sun god. In the upper register are eight divinities symbolizing the different transformations undergone by the sun god while passing through the Netherworld. In the register below are eight other figures in two groups of four. The chests of the four figures in front having the shape of the scarab, the symbol of becoming and new birth, would indicate that the process of transformation is accomplished. In the upper register behind He who swallows the Hours stand seven goddesses in shrines facing left. On the left in the register below, two Osiris figures recline in the coils of a human-headed serpent, He with the Head. Several chapters of the Book of the Dead indicate the process of regeneration: Chapter 17 refers to the rebirth in the Watery Abyss; Chapter 1 deals with the triumph of Osiris; the heart Chapters (26, 27, and 29) contribute the spells to preserve the life of the deceased king, identified with the sun god. (S.: 121-122) The balance of the register is occupied by two groups : First group : Eight divinities with an enigmatic text above them : These gods are like this in there caverns, which are in the Netherworld. Their bodies are in darkness. The names of the eight gods in enigmatic writing (from left to right) : The Upreared One. Cat. Terrible One. Fat Face. Turned Face. The One belonging to the Cobra. He in the Netherworld. The Mysterious One. ... |
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- Vollbild - Neben Piankoff zum Thema : Darnell, John Coleman: The Enigmatic Netherworld Books of the Solar-Osirian Unity - Cryptographic Compositions in the Tombs of Tutankhamun, Ramesses VI, and Ramesses IX. - Ann Arbor, Mich.: 2001. - XIX, 235 S. (Bd. 1) ; S. 236 - 408 (Bd. 2) ; S. 409 - 661 (Bd. 3) ; S. 662 - 877 (Bd. 4). - Hochschulschrift: Chicago, Ill., Univ. of Chicago, Diss., 1995. auch als : Darnell, John Coleman: The Enigmatic Netherworld Books of the Solar-Osirian Unity - Cryptographic Compositions in the Tombs of Tutankhamun, Ramesses VI, and Ramesses IX. - Freiburg (Schweiz): Academic Press Fribourg [u.a.], 2004. - ISBN: 3-7278-1469-1; 3-525-53055-2. - ISSN: 1015-1850. - XIII, 640, 43 S. - Orbis biblicus et orientalis - OBO 198 erschienen. Gruß, Lutz.
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