Hat-nesu
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Hut-nesu Ḥwt-nsw House of the King |
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Sharuna (including hat-nesut , Kom el-Ahmar Sawaris ) is since the Old Kingdom occupied ancient Egyptian name of the capital of the 18th Upper Egyptian Falkengaues . Today's place, modern Sharuna , is located in the immediate vicinity in the Al-Minya governorate on the eastern side of the Nile across from Per Medjen .
The manifestation of Hut-nesus, the local god Neb-hut-nesu ( Lord of Hut-nesu ), changed during ancient Egyptian history. In the Old Kingdom it was Nemti , in the New Kingdom Horus and later until the end of the Greco-Roman period Osiris and Sobek .
Haremhab , who mentioned Hut-nesu as his hometown, named Neb-hut-nesu in the form of Horus at the same time as his personal protective deity.
literature
- Rainer Hannig : Large Concise Dictionary Egyptian-German: (2800-950 BC) . Zabern, Mainz 2006, ISBN 3-8053-1771-9 , p. 1168.
- Wolfgang Schenkel, Farouk Gomaà: Sharuna I. The excavation site. The necropolis. Graves from the Old Empire Necropolis. Text and chalkboard. Zabern, Mainz 2004, ISBN 3-8053-2908-3 ( text volume online ).
Coordinates: 28 ° 34 ' N , 30 ° 51' E