Function and Significance of the Ebers Calendar's Lone Feast-Hieroglyph (Gardiner Sign-List W3)
Abstract
The Ebers calendar exhibits one sole instance of. This hieroglyph accompanies the name wp rnpt, presumably as a determinative, whereas the 11 other names in the same column conspicuously lack it. It is proposed that marks wp rnpt as the name of a lunar day whereas the 11 other names are the names of lunar months. This contrast between day and month is placed in the context of a comprehensive analysis of the entire Ebers calendar and of the original lunar calendar and its organic relation with the dominant civil calendar that the Ebers calendar is believed to portray.
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- Authors
- Depuydt, L.
- Corresponding author
- Depuydt, Leo
- Venue
- Journal of Egyptian History
- Publisher
- Walter de Gruyter GmbH
- Published
- 2008
- Volume
- 1
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 117-138
- ISSN
- 1874-1657 (ISSN-L)
- 1874-1665
- OpenAlex
- W2091155838
- Semantic Scholar
- 606a27a291b1e9515dba2737e277c4cb88390108
- Cited by
- 0
- References
- 0
- FWCI
- 0.00
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Journal of Egyptian History (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Archeology › Ancient Egypt and Archaeology
- Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Astronomy and Astrophysics › Historical Astronomy and Related Studies
- Social Sciences › Anthropology › Classical Antiquity Studies
- Keywords
- lunar day, lunar months, Egyptian calendar, Egyptian hieroglyphs, civil calendar
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