Nauri decree of Seti I.

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The Nauri decree of Seti I contains legal and sacrificial regulations , which in his fourth year of reign on 1st Peret I 1287 BC. To support and secure his mortuary temple in Abydos . Seti I had the corresponding memorial stone set up in Nauri on the third cataract near Sesebi .

background

Religious reorientation

Seti I as a righteous man before Isis (entrance area in his grave KV17 ).

The contents of the Nauri decree show the religious reorientation of Seti I, as Seti I, as "Son of Isis (Great Mother of God, Mistress of Heaven with powerful magic)" concentrated in particular on the Osiris cult. He moved his royal seat from Thebes to Memphis in order to officially distance himself from the Amun priesthood.

In addition to Osiris, the Nauri decree also names Ptah and Sokar as the gods that Seti I upgraded with the decree. Amun-Re is still venerated by Seti I as "his father", but Seti I emphasized the Osiris myth as the basis of "just kingship".

Economic interests

When he took office, Seti I changed the previous political course in order to weaken the economic power of the Amun priesthood. The new concept included in particular the mortuary temples, which, according to Seti I's ideas, were to be expanded into independent economic centers. The Nauri decree included special income allocations to the mortuary temples and tax exemptions.

The ordinance regulated in particular the use of the gold production of his Nubian temple in Nauri, the supplies of which were intended as a foundation for the mortuary temple in Abydos. In this environment, not only the temple staff but also the gold miners based in Nauri were under special protection. In addition, Seti I issued special regulations for ship transport with gold deliveries from Nauri. Any theft of temple property was punishable by particularly severe penalties.

literature

  • Constantin Emil Sander-Hansen: Historical inscriptions of the 19th dynasty. Édition de la Fondation Égyptologique Reine Élisabeth, Brussels 1933, pp. 13–24.
  • Siegfried Schott : The memorial stone Sethos 'I for the Chapel of Ramses' I in Abydos. In: News of the Academy of Sciences. Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, Göttingen 1964.

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