Amenhotep celebrations

Deir el-Medina

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The Amenhotep Festival existed until the 20th dynasty as a cult of the deified King Amenhotep I , which the Egyptians celebrated on Amenhotep I's special days. First, the month of Phamenoth opened the festival triad with the “great festival of King Amenophis”, followed by the month of February with the feast of the dead “Appearance of King Amenhotep”; The month of Epiphi concluded with the "coronation feast of King Amenophis".

The individual Amenhotep celebrations were held in the Temple of Amun-Re in the workers' settlement of Deir el-Medina .

Fixed dates

The "great festival of King Amenhotep" and "Coronation Feast of King Amenhotep" were among the movable festivals, as they were linked to the civil lunar calendar or Egyptian main calendar , while the feast of the dead "Appearance of King Amenhotep" was celebrated on the actual day of death. The following fixed dates from the 20th dynasty have so far been recorded:

Amenhotep festival dates
Surname	Egyptian date	Civil lunar calendar	Gregorian calendar	Remarks
Great feast of King Amenhotep
Ramses VI.	26. Peret III 1139 BC Chr.	1. Phamenoth	December 14, 1139 BC Chr.	7th year of government
Appearance of King Amenhotep
Ramses X.	27. Schemu I 1106 BC Chr.	17. Pachon	February 5, 1106 BC Chr.	3rd year of government
Coronation feast of King Amenhotep
Ramses X.	9. Schemu III 1106 BC Chr.	1. Epiphi	March 19, 1106 BC Chr.	3rd year of government

See also

• Ebers calendar

literature

• Rolf Krauss : Sothis and moon dates: studies on the astronomical and technical chronology of ancient Egypt. Gerstenberg, Hildesheim 1985, ISBN 3-8067-8086-X .
• Jean Meeus : Astronomical Algorithms - Applications for Ephemeris Tool 4,5. Barth, Leipzig 2000, ISBN 3-335-00400-0 .
• Richard Anthony Parker : The calendars of ancient Egypt. Chicago Press, Chicago 1950.
• Siegfried Schott : Ancient Egyptian festival dates. Publishing house of the Academy of Sciences and Literature , Mainz / Wiesbaden 1950.

Remarks

1. ↑ December 14, 1139 BC. Of the Gregorian calendar corresponds to December 26, 1139 BC. In the proleptic calendar.
2. ^ February 5, 1106 BC Of the Gregorian calendar corresponds to February 16, 1106 BC. In the proleptic calendar.
3. ^ March 19, 1106 BC. The Gregorian calendar corresponds to March 30, 1106 BC. In the proleptic calendar.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ^{a b c} Rolf Krauss: Sothis and moon data: studies on the astronomical and technical chronology of ancient Egypt. Hildesheim 1985, p. 155.
2. ^ Jean Meeus: Astronomical Algorithms - Applications for Ephemeris Tool 4.5. Leipzig 2000, calculation program Ephemeris Tool 4.5 .