Landing stake

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Menit in hieroglyphics
mn
N35 		P11 X1 G7 N14 N14
N14

Menit
Mnjt
landing stake
Eta carinae IR.jpg
Q2 The young beautiful bird

Menit is the ancient Egyptian name of the constellation landing peg in the Ramesside star clocks , for which 5  hour stars are given (Q2 to Q6). Menit is the Centaur constellation and the Carina Nebula , which is part of the Ship's Kiel constellation .

Hour stars of the landing peg

  1. Q1: Tepi-a-menhit ( forerunner of the landing stake ; does not exist)
  2. Q2: Tja-nefer ( The beautiful young bird ; η Carinae)
  3. Q3: Schemsu-hat-menit ( companion to the top of the landing stake ; δ Centauri)
  4. Q4: Menit ( top of the landing stake ; ξ 2 Centauri)
  5. Q5: Schemsu-menit ( companion of the landing peg ; ε Centauri)
  6. Q6: Schemsu-iy-her-sa-menit ( Follower of the landing block ; ζ Centauri)

Landing stake constellation

Centaur constellation

The constellation, which symbolized the sky god Menit-weret , is already documented in the pyramid texts of the Old Kingdom . It probably consisted of the seven stars:

  1. Menite ( top of the landing stake ; ξ 2 Centauri)
  2. f Centauri
  3. e Centauri
  4. Muhlifain
  5. τ Centauri
  6. Schemsu-hat-menit ( companion to the top of the landing peg ; δ Centauri)
  7. p Centauri

literature