Pa-en-Amenhotep

Pa-en-Amenhotep ( Greek Phamenoth ; Coptic Paremhatep ; Arabic Baramhatep ) was the ancient Egyptian name of the month that was named after King Amenophis I in the Egyptian calendar . After his death, the month of Rekeh-nedjes was renamed in his honor in the New Kingdom . In addition, after his deification , the Egyptians introduced the Amenhotep Festival on the day of his death .

Alan Gardiner as well as Richard Anthony Parker suggests that the month Rekeh-nedjes over the calendar, currency changed the annual form, which is why Rekeh-nedjes moved up to seventh month at the latest from the New Kingdom, but traditionally the period from mid-January to mid-February represented .

The reason for this was the link between Sopdet and the heliacal rise of Sirius , which lasted until the end of the second millennium BC. Chr. Slowly migrated from the beginning of June to the beginning of July and was ultimately responsible for the shifting of the months.

literature

Rolf Krauss : Sothis and moon dates. Studies on the astronomical and technical chronology of ancient Egypt (= Hildesheimer Egyptological contributions. Vol. 20). Gerstenberg, Hildesheim 1985, ISBN 3-8067-8086-X .

Richard-Anthony Parker : The calendars of ancient Egypt , Chicago Press, Chicago 1950

Siegfried Schott : Ancient Egyptian Festival Dates , Publishing House of the Academy of Sciences and Literature, Mainz / Wiesbaden 1950