The Meanings of the Term ḥrj-ib in Divine Epithets

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ID10882294
AuthorsKatherine Eaton (0000-0001-6862-7756, corresponding author)
Year2012
Volume139
Issue2
Pages113-115
Publication date2012-11-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueZeitschrift für Ägyptische Sprache und Altertumskunde (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0044-216X • E-ISSN: 2196-713X
PublisherWalter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE)
DOI10.1524/zaes.2012.0012
OpenAlexW2286458365
LanguageEN
Citations received3

The epithet “ ḥrj-ib temple X”, when inscribed in scenes or texts within “temple X” designates deities with divine images which received cult in that temple. Those images might be permanently resident in that temple, or just visiting for a festival. Thus, the deity’s association with that temple was indicated, without providing any definitive indication concerning the permanency or duration of that association. Deities could also visit temple X without residing in it, or receive cult remotely with no three-dimensional physical presence in temple X. These deities were sometimes localized externally with the epithet “ ḥrj-ib temple Y” in scenes and texts in temple X

Ancient history · Art · Cult · Epithet · Geometry · Inscribed figure · Literature · Physics · Temple · Term (time) · Theology · Ancient Egypt and Archaeology · Archaeology and Historical Studies · Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies · History · Mathematics · Philosophy

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