Ka Servant

Symbol of Ka

Ka Servant was the Priest who served in the funerary fad of Ka.

Ka: The Ka was the Egyptian concept of vital essence, which keys the departure between a living and a dead person, with death occurring when the ka provided the body. The Egyptians thought that Khnum produced the bodies of children on a potter's wheel and inserted them into their mothers' bodies. Depending on the region, Egyptians believed that Heqet or Meskhenet was the creator of each person's ka, breathing it into them at the second of their birth as the part of their individual that made them be alive. This resembles the conception of spirit in other faiths.

The Egyptians also trusted that the ka was held through food and drink. For this reason food and drink offerings were introduced to the dead, although it was the kau within the offerings that was consumed, not the physical face. The ka was often described in Egyptian iconography as a second figure of the king, leading earlier works to attempt to transform ka as double.

Ka Servant: The  mortuary  priest  got  by  the broken  and  his  or  her  heirs  to  perform  services  on  a daily basis for the ka. some priests were ordinarily paid by a prearranged talent, sometimes recorded in tomb balls situated at the gravesite. The mortuary temples in the complexes of royal tombs had Ae Tars for the services of these ka servants. A Serdab, a chamber taking statues of the went and designed so that the eyes of each statue  could  learn  the  casual  rituals,  were  involved  in the  tombs  from  an  early  period. The  Egyptian forbidding of nothingness  proclaimed  the  functions  of  the  ka servants. They said the names of the deceased aloud as they took rituals, thus insuring that the dead continuing to live  in  the  hearts  and  minds  of  the  living  and  therefore maintained existence.

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·        Karaotjet
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·        Nebet (Basket)
·        Karomama I
·        Karomama II
·        Abu Gerida
·        Malik

Malik

Nabataeans Kingdom

Malik was the swayer of Nabataea, contemporary Jordan, in the prevail of Cleopatra VII. Maliks personal piscaries were given to Cleopatra VII (130  B.C.E.)  by  Marc  Antony. In  36  B.C.E., Cleopatra VII, learned the pride of the Nabataeans, let the fisheries  on  the  Red  Sea  to  Malik  for  200  talents  per  year, around  $400,000.  In  32  B.C.E., Malik  refused  to pay,  and  she  woke  the  neighboring  ruler,  Herod,  to launch penitentiary busts against the Nabataeans. Herod lost the Battle of Qanawat in this cause.

In  revenge, Maliks flocks reportedly set fire to Cleopatras galleys during her conflict  as  an  ally  of  Marc Antony at Actium. Cleopatra and Marc Antony were later defeated in this naval date by Octavian (Augustus) of Rome, and Egypt gone its independence.

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·        Mai
·        Nebet (Basket)
·        Karomama I
·        Karomama II

Abu Gerida

Abu Gerida Location,
source: Google Maps

Abu Gerida is a situation in the east desert of Egypt, used as a gold excavation center in some historical periods. The area  was  originally  researched  and  claimed  by  the  Egyptians, then increased by the Romans as a gold production area.

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·        Karaotjet
·        Mai
·        Nebet (Basket)
·        Karomama I
·        Karomama II

Karomama II

Karomama II (full name Karomama Meritmut; too famous as Karomama D, Merytmut II) was an ancient Egyptian queen, Great Royal Wife of pharaoh Takelot II of the 23rd Dynasty of Egypt.

Karomama brought various titles some as King's Wife, King's Daughter, Mistress of Upper and Lower Egypt. She was a daughter of the High Priest of Amun Nimlot C and the lady Tentsepeh C. Her paternal grandparents were pharaoh Osorkon II and queen Djedmutesankh.

Karomama joined pharaoh Takelot II and was mother of King Osorkon III. Karomama likewise was the grandma of both pharaohs Takelot III and Rudamun and of the God's Wife of Amun Shepenupet I Karomama is famous from the Chronicle of Osorkon B at Karnak and the Nile Quay Texts dating to the reign of her son Osorkon III.

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·        Mai
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·        Karomama I

Karomama I

Queen Karomama I was an Egyptian queen, married to Osorkon II. She was start of the 22nd dynasty of Ancient Egypt. Karomama was probably a daughter of Pharaoh Takelot I. She was one of three known wives of Osorkon II. The other wives existence Isetemkheb G and Djedmutesankh iv.

Karomama was the mother of leastwise 2 sons and 3 daughters:

•     Prince Shoshenq D, was High Priest of Ptah
•     Prince Hornakhte was the High Priest of Amun in Tanis. He was buried in his father's tomb at Tanis, having died at the maturate of ca 8 or 9 years old.
•     Princess Tashakheper may have attended as God's Wife of Amun during the reign of Takelot III
•     Princess Karomama C, who may be identical to Karomama Meritmut, a God's Wife of Amun
•     Princess Taiirmer.

Osorkon II had numerous buildings raised during his reign, including a certain monumental red granite hall in the 22nd year of his rule. Relief images of him and Queen Karomama decorate the walls. Queen Karomama (too famous as Karoama B) was likewise a Royal daughter, but it is confusing which King was her father. As she is not titled Royal Sister, one can don she was not Takeloth I's daughter, but the want of the title King's Sister is not definitive. Other candidates are Shoshenq II or Harsiese. In the Jubilee backups, she is kept company by her three girls Tashakheper A, Karomama C and iirmer, Year 22.

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·        Karaotjet
·        Mai
·        Nebet (Basket)

Nebet (Basket)

The hieroglyph for the basket was a symbolization outline of a bowl, which estimated the appearance of Egyptian wicker baskets. The hieroglyph was frequently painted yellow or green to match the coloring of the plants accustomed make the baskets. Egyptian baskets were made from plants, much as rushes, palm leaves and pots. More certain images of the symbolisation showed horizontal lines or a checker board pattern to give the appearing of basket weaving. Meaning: The nebet hieroglyph portrayed the conception of two words that sounded identical. Neb, "all" and neb, "lord" or "master". The glyph was used interchangable to represent these concepts.

On the bureau from the tomb of Tutankhamun, seen previous, the baskets' are repeatedly symbolise "all". They are a wish for the king to delight "all life and dominion."The basket, was used in many amulets in this character of imagery. The basket could also represent, "lord". gods were often shown sitting or standing upon the glyph to accent their divine nature. The vulture and the cobra were often set atop the basket to name them as the symbols of Upper and Lower Egypt, and not just common animals. In the pharoah's nebty (Two Ladies) title, the goddesses Nekhebet and Buto were invested on baskets.

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·        Karaotjet
·        Mai

Mai

Mai or Maiy was a military official of the Eighteenth Dynasty. He helped Akhenaten (1353-1335 B.C.E.) as a military commander at Amarna. Mai was a inherited Nomarch aristocrat  and  likewise  served  as  the  superintendent  of  the  Royal Palace. His tomb was fashioned out of the cliffs high Amarna. A magnificent carved portrait of Mai, seated with his wife, Werel, was too discovered in the tomb of Ramose I in Thebes.

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·        Karaotjet

Karaotjet

Karaotjet was a royal woman of the 22nd Dynasty. She  was  the  consort  of  Osorkon III (777-749  B.C.E.). Karaotjet bore a girl, Shepenwepet, who became a god's wife of Amun at thebes, Takelot III, and Rudamon.

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Abisko

Abisko Location

Abisko a place  south  of  the  best  cataract  of  the  Nile, near contemporary Aswan. Inscriptions dating to Montuhotep II (2061-2010 B.C.E.) were discovered at Abisko. These inscriptions close Montuhotep IIs Nubian efforts, part of his movements to unify and strengthen Egypt after the First Intermediate Period (2134-2040  B.C.E.) and  to defeat  local  gray rulers  who  could  threaten  the states borders. During Montuhotep II's prevail and those of his Middle Kingdom successors, the area south of Aswan was seized and garrisoned for trade organizations and  the  reaping  of  natural  resources  available  in  the region. Canals, fortresses, and storage areas were put into situation at strategic locales.

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·        Karanis
·        Nauri Decree of Seti I

Nauri Decree of Seti I

Nauri Decree of Seti I was a document published by Seti I (1306-1290  B.C.E.)  in  the  fourth  year  of  his  rule,  this decree  was  proclaimed  on  behalf  of  the  doers  at the holy cit of Osiris (Abydos City), where  the  king  was  in  the process of making his great mortuary complex. The Nauri Decree incorporated prior legal codes, particularly the laws of Horemhab (1319-1307 B.C.E.), serving as a charter for the temple and for its several estates, and it was  fashioned  to  ensure  the  sustenance  of  the  kings mortuary cult after his death. The workers were discipline to  a  stern  code  of  behavior  while  they  developed  the  tomb, with penalties for crimes clearly described.

The decree points to a suffering time during Seti I's rule that reflected earlier dynastic weaknesses. usually, workers on the mortuary complexes of the swayer would not have required warnings or threats in order to regulate their  behavior.  Building  sites  of  early  periods  were deemed  places  of  spiritism  and  dedication.  In  this period,  however,  conformity  to  the  ideals  of  the  nation had partly lessened and the touch of the mortuary rituals  had  declined.  Severe  physical  punishments  were included in this code. Certain crimes brought the penalty of  100  blows  by  a  strap,  the  creation  of  five  open wounds, the removal of a criminals nose, or exile to the libyan desert or beyond.

Read more about The Nauri Decree of Seti I at:

- Edgerton (W. F.), "The Nauri Decree of Seti I: A Translation and Analysis of the Legal Portion", Journal of Near Eastern Studies, Vol. 6, No. 4 (Oct., 1947), pp. 219-230.

- Griffith (F. Ll.), "The Abydos Decree of Seti I at Nauri", The Journal of Egyptian Archaeology, Vol. 13, No. 3/4 (Nov., 1927), pp. 193-208.

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·        Karanis

Karanis

Map of Karanis from wikipedia

Karanis (Kom Oushim) is set 30 Kilometres north of the city of El-Faiyum. In old Greek documents this realm was called Karanis and it contains 2 Temples in the north and other in the south, both dating back to the Ptolemaic Period, besides as some cisterns, public baths and signs etc. The Kelsey Museum houses more than 45,000 objectives from Karanis, but this large figure does not take all of the finds. The University of Michigan, between 1924 and 1935, excavated this Greco-Roman place, dividing the artefacts with The Egyptian Government when the minings were finished. Next to the 2 Temples there is a latest museum, which also exhibits some of the finds.

The gate of the northern temple of Karanis

The plan of the 2 Temples is alike to the plan of total the Ancient Egyptian Temples of the New Kingdom with the same components, the only conflict is that the 2 Temples of Karanis contain providing tables (Altars) and sepultures for the mummies of the crocodile, which was the worthy animal standing for the God Sobek. Each Temple lies in of a pylon and 3 gentle halls, then the sanctuary. To the western side, at the front of the Temple, there is an fish tank, which was paid to the followings of the crocodiles. They were made during the prevail of the Emperor Nero, but restored during the rule of the Emperor Commodes. Like the southern Temple the northern one was devoted for the cult of Sobek but too to other deities some as Amun, Serapis, Zeus, etc. karanis

A dwelling area was discovered in Karanis, the houses established out of mud-bricks, and red bricks, with vaulted roof and stairs, logic gates, windows, kitchens, and horse barns. Some surrounds were painted and covered with rich palms.

To the eastward of the city there is a cemetery, which also dates back to the Ptolemaic Period. Recently a great number of artefacts were learned, including: ostracas, jars, glassy vases, and coins, too as a large total of papyrus, written in Greek, and of great value, which provide us with particulars about the prospects of life during that period, like trade deals, revenue documents, and civil signs. Remains of Public Baths, established of burnt brick, were likewise discovered.

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Mahu (Noble)

The hieroglyphic of Mahu

Mahu was Chief of the Medjay of King Akhenaten. The Medjay applied to be a full term for the people of the Eastern desert who were knew for their military skills, and at this time related to the police. Mahu's tomb is Amarna Tomb 9 of the Tombs of the Nobles at Amarna. The tomb was first open by Bouriant in 1883. A some hewn corridor leads to a decorated threshold. This doorway is mounted on one side with a scene rendering Akhenaten and Nefertiti and their eldest girl Meritaten offering to the Aten. The opposite wall is decorated with the kneel Mahu and an lettering of the Hymn of the Aten.

This leads to the first chamber which takes a stele on one last and a false door at the other. The stele records the royal couple and their girl again, with a depiction and later prayers of Mahu. The false door likewise shows the royal couple offer and Mahu kneeling with a large text. Davies names that the prayers arrest a large number of wrongdoings. The walls are decorated as well and show both the duties and the honors of Mahu. The advantages appear on the front wall and on the northern half of the back wall. The dedications were not finished but the sketches indicate that there would have been a reward scene showing the king bestowing respects on Mahu at the Window of Show. Mahu was shown followed by his men, the Medjay. Another scene shown Mahu receiving honors not at the palace, but at a temple.

He is shown auditing the denials of the city with the pharaoh and queen.This scene appears to be uniquely designed for this tomb. The vizier and other officials are also give. In another scene Mahu is read in his work patrolling the city, and is shown in a playing with the vizier (probably Nakhtpaaten) and a little official named Heqanefer. Mahu is leading three prisoners before the vizier. Being in the reset without permission was seemingly something one would be arrested for.

Scenes in the tomb show platforms with rages manned by police. Military standards are read on these chopines. These structures may have made a series of watchtowers and watch posts that were used to patrol the city. In the back is a door to a second chamber that is positioned slenderly hooked likened to the first chamber. A winding set of stairs at the back of this second chamber results down to an Intermediary rom. Further steps practiced the turn and direct to the lower chamber which controls the burial pit.

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·        Mahu (Official)

Mahu (Official)

Mahu was an Ancient Egyptian official who was in office under king Ramses II. He is mainly identified from his important tomb dug at Saqqara. Mahu hold several important titles. He was royal scribbler, high steward of Ptah, superintendent of the Granary of the Lord of accuracy, royal messenger to the land of Khatti and steward in the temple of Ramses II in the acres of Ptah, Later of the Lord of the two Lands. He was likewise overseer of the exchequers of Ptah. Mahu hold plain works at the royal court, but likewise functions at the local Ptah temple. The titel royal courier to the land of Khatti is of unique interest. The Khatti are the Hittites and there is serious tell for contacts between the Hittites and the Egyptians under Ramses II. The two serious events are the Battle of Kadesh and the peace treaty between the 2 empires in Year 21 of Ramses II. Mahu was not complex in the latter and he appears to have been in office later.

The tomb of Mahu (ST218) was located by Sayed Tawfid. The above dug funerary chapel is about 35.8 m long and about 7.7 meter wide. It consist of 3 courtyards, the second and the third one are raised with columns. At the real back there are three cult chapel services and down them a pyramid. The tomb had two possessors, Nebnefer and Mahu. They both had alike titles. Nebnefer was the father of Mahu.

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