Baktiu
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Baktiu- (sebau) B3k.tjw- (sb3w) workers (stars) |
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The Baktiu or "the working ( stars )" (also dean stars ) embody the deans in ancient Egyptian mythology and astronomy . A certain number of stars, which could vary in quantity, resulted in the dean constellation , which was summarized as the “dean-baktiu”.
Astronomical life of a dean star
The astronomical life of a dean's star took place in six phases: birth - ascent - work - descent - death - regeneration / renewal. After joining the Duat, each of the 36 dean stars changed their status as “dean-Baktiu” to that of “ dean-chatiu ”. The life of a dean is described in the Nutbuch :
“He (the dean) is born ( 16th Schemu II ), which means that he rises in the sky from the Duat ... Count from the day of his downfall ( 6th Peret IV ) to the day of his rise, that is 70 days. These are the ones he spends in the Duat [...] He stays (after his rise) 80 days in the east. He spends 120 days doing work in the middle of heaven. He is in them for 10 days ( culmination on 6th Peret I) [...] He spends 90 days in the west. The stars spend their time in the west (therefore) because they have done their job. "
Dating of Sirius (system of the groove book)
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Heliac rise |
Start of work (middle of the sky) |
Arrival (western sky) |
Acronymic doom |
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| 2089 BC Chr. |
22. Peret II June 30th 4:10 a.m. Rise of horizon height 2 ° |
22nd Schemu I September 18th 4:10 am culmination horizon height 40 ° |
22. Achet I January 31st 6:17 pm visible for the first time, horizon height 39 ° |
12. Achet IV April 21, 6:49 p.m. Setting horizon height 2 ° |
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See also
literature
- Joachim Friedrich Quack : Deans and deification of members: Ancient Egyptian traditions in the Apocryphon Johannis. In: Yearbook for Antiquity and Christianity . Vol. 38, Aschendorff , Münster 1995, pp. 97-122. ( Online )
- Alexandra von Lieven : Floor plan of the course of the stars - the so-called groove book . The Carsten Niebuhr Institute of Ancient Eastern Studies (among others), Copenhagen 2007, ISBN 978-87-635-0406-5 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ The altitude information refers to the end of the respective night hour. Heliac rising before sunrise, aconychic setting and acronychic culmination after sunset.