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DOI Artikel:Grenfell, Alice: The Ka on scarabs
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THE KA ON SCARABS
9. Amen Ka Scarabs.
(102) Bower Collection. There is a very rare kind of scarab with a goose, Ra-
signs and the U placed side ways or obliquely. This represents Amen as a goose and
his U above, which was evidently a most powerful arnulet ; for the Li' of the gods
were lent to Deceased to help him in the next worlcl.
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Neter hotep, and Per jeru Scarabs.
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As long ago as 1879 Rossi pointed out (Turin funerary papyrus) that ]
amaaa^^ sacred offerings (were given) to the gods, and ^| aa/w"'^» ^ , Perieru or
sepulchral meals to the Glorified.
The Glorified therefore were separate from the gods, in spite of the many pan-
theistic speeches made by Deceased in the Book of the Dead. We find this practice
strictly adhered to on scarabs.
Neter hotep Scarabs.
(103) Antiquités égyptiennes : Make thou thy offering to Horus and Neith.
(104) Blanchard Collection, and also (105) : Make thy offering to Neith of Sais.
The ^z^> has become ^zz?.
(105) Offering to Ra the Golden One.
(106) Hyksos and Israélite Cities, Pétrie, 1906 : Thy offering to Thoth, Lord
of Khemennu.
Per ieru Scarabs.
(107) Blanchard Collection : May there be the heart of his mother and Per yjeru
for the Deceased Osiris.
(108) sEgyptische Goldschmiede Arbeiten, Schàfer, 1910.
The ab is left out; same meaning.
(109) British Muséum : May Maat (give) thee ail good things, together with se-
pulchral meals.
(110) Timins Collection : May the royal relative, Nebeb, (have) sepulchral meals.
To sum up :
1. It has been shown that in the Middle Kingdom period officiais and ladies
wished for offerings to be made to their U, and that there were scarabs as amulets
to obtain thèse offerings ;
2. That the Glorified Deceased (represented by the Aâkhu bird on pre-historic
cylinder seals) are seldom to be found as Aâkhus on scarabs;
3. That the Glorified are represented on scarabs by the Horus bird, the plural
sign, a urseus from the bird's foot and Ra-signs (some of thèse often omitted) ;
4. That the Bennu bird was sometimes identified with the Deceased, who took
his form (which is only symbolic, and not that of a real bird) ;
THE KA ON SCARABS
9. Amen Ka Scarabs.
(102) Bower Collection. There is a very rare kind of scarab with a goose, Ra-
signs and the U placed side ways or obliquely. This represents Amen as a goose and
his U above, which was evidently a most powerful arnulet ; for the Li' of the gods
were lent to Deceased to help him in the next worlcl.
10.
Neter hotep, and Per jeru Scarabs.
□ i l l
,'.□1 1 0*0
As long ago as 1879 Rossi pointed out (Turin funerary papyrus) that ]
amaaa^^ sacred offerings (were given) to the gods, and ^| aa/w"'^» ^ , Perieru or
sepulchral meals to the Glorified.
The Glorified therefore were separate from the gods, in spite of the many pan-
theistic speeches made by Deceased in the Book of the Dead. We find this practice
strictly adhered to on scarabs.
Neter hotep Scarabs.
(103) Antiquités égyptiennes : Make thou thy offering to Horus and Neith.
(104) Blanchard Collection, and also (105) : Make thy offering to Neith of Sais.
The ^z^> has become ^zz?.
(105) Offering to Ra the Golden One.
(106) Hyksos and Israélite Cities, Pétrie, 1906 : Thy offering to Thoth, Lord
of Khemennu.
Per ieru Scarabs.
(107) Blanchard Collection : May there be the heart of his mother and Per yjeru
for the Deceased Osiris.
(108) sEgyptische Goldschmiede Arbeiten, Schàfer, 1910.
The ab is left out; same meaning.
(109) British Muséum : May Maat (give) thee ail good things, together with se-
pulchral meals.
(110) Timins Collection : May the royal relative, Nebeb, (have) sepulchral meals.
To sum up :
1. It has been shown that in the Middle Kingdom period officiais and ladies
wished for offerings to be made to their U, and that there were scarabs as amulets
to obtain thèse offerings ;
2. That the Glorified Deceased (represented by the Aâkhu bird on pre-historic
cylinder seals) are seldom to be found as Aâkhus on scarabs;
3. That the Glorified are represented on scarabs by the Horus bird, the plural
sign, a urseus from the bird's foot and Ra-signs (some of thèse often omitted) ;
4. That the Bennu bird was sometimes identified with the Deceased, who took
his form (which is only symbolic, and not that of a real bird) ;