Chaba (dean)
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Chaba ẖ3b3 soul of the dead (soul of the mummy) |
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Chaba is the ancient Egyptian astronomical term for the name of a dean . In the plural , all deans are called Chabas ( souls of the dead ).
Heinrich Brugsch recognized the connection between the term Chaba in the context of ancient Egyptian astronomy as early as 1883, but could not provide sufficient arguments for the derivation at the time. Later dictionaries therefore initially adopted the generic terms star, army of stars, thousands of stars used by Richard-Anthony Parker and Otto Neugebauer .
However, new investigations for the period after the New Kingdom prove beyond doubt Heinrich Brugsch's translation. The derivation of the soul of the dead ( soul of the mummy ) is also described by the depiction of a kneeling woman in the sky of Dendera . In the holy book of Hermes to Askeplios , the kneeling woman appears as a mummy in this context.
See also
literature
- Heinrich Brugsch: Thesaurus inscriptionum Aegyptiacarum - astronomical and astrological inscriptions of ancient Egyptian monuments . Hinrichs, Leipzig 1883, p. 134.
- Alexandra von Lieven : The sky over Esna - A case study on religious astronomy in Egypt using the example of the cosmological ceiling and architrave inscriptions in the temple of Esna . Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden 2000, ISBN 3-447-04324-5 , pp. 151 and 191.