Stele of the Anchefenchon

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Stele of the Anchefenchon
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Stele of the Anchefenchon (obverse)
material Wood , plaster coating
Dimensions H. 51.5 cm; W. 31 cm;
origin Upper Egypt , Deir el-Bahari , mortuary temple of Hatshepsut
time Late period , 25th Dynasty , 680/70 BC Chr.
place Cairo , Egyptian Museum , A 9422 (TR 25/12/24/11, Bulaq 666)

The stele of the Anchefenchon was found in 1858 in the mortuary temple of Queen ( Pharaoh ) Hatshepsut by Auguste Mariette during an excavation in Deir el-Bahari .

The formerly located next to the coffins of the month priest Anchefenchons and on 680/70 BC. The stele, which dates from the 25th dynasty, dates from the 25th century . It can now be found in the Egyptian Museum in Cairo under exhibition number 9422.

The stele is made of wood and was covered with a kind of plaster. It is 51.5 inches high and 31 inches wide. Anchefenchons as the herald of Month can be seen on the front . Opposite him sits on a throne the falcon-headed Re-Harachte , a form of the god Horus .

As a judge, he lets the dead pass if they want to get to the western realm of the dead. Above it is Behedeti , the sun with falcon wings and groove , the sky goddess, who touches the ground with her feet and hands.

The stele, known as the “Stele of Revelation”, is a central element of the new religious movement Thelema founded by Aleister Crowley .

translation

The hieroglyphs are shown here in reverse order to facilitate the assignment to the translation.

front

The front of the stele (Egyptian Museum)
Obverse - head in hieroglyphics
F18 D46
X1 O49
R8 O29V V30
X1
N1

Behedeti , the great God, Lord of Heaven

D21
D36
N5
Z1
A40 G5

Re-har-

G25 Aa1 X1
N18
D2
N1
R8A

watch out, Lord of the Gods

D4
Q1 R8
R8 U36 Y5 N35
V13
V30
S40 X1
O49
E34 O31
O31
W24
N1

Osiris , priest of the month , lord of Thebes , opener of the gates of heaven

G17 M17 Q3
X1
Q1 Z2ss
O49
S34 N35
Aa1
I9
N35
Aa1
N35
M23 A50
P8H

by Karnak Ankh-fn-Chonsu, justified

X3
X1
W22
X1
F1 H1
Z2

Bread and beer - cattle and poultry

Front - the text in hieroglyphics
S43 I10
N35
D4
Q1 A40
U36 R8 Y5
N35
V13
V30
X1
S40 X1
O49
E34
N35
O31
O31
W24 X1
N1
G17 M17 Q3
X1
Q1 Z2ss
O49
S34 n & x & f N35
Aa1
M23

Words spoken by Osiris, Priest of the Month, Lord of Thebes, Opener of the Gates of Heaven by Karnak Ankh-fn-Chonsu,

A51 Aa11
P8H
M17 A26 N29 A28 N14 A30 X1 G43
I9
G36
D21
G30
Z2
G29 Z1
O29
F7
Z2
D40
D40
H4
I9

justified: 'O exalted one, may he be praised, the great in power, the great spirit of high dignity,

N35
R8A
N28
D2 W11
X1
O1
I9
G36
D21
D4
N31
Z2ss X1
N35
G29 Z1
N35
G25 Z1
N35
S36 X1
M17 G43 Aa20 D21
Y1
V31
G43
N8 A41

who appears on the throne of his greatness and opens the ways of the ba , the oh and the shadow that received the light (sun rays),

M17 G17 Aa20 D21
Y1
D4
N35
Z1
N31
X1 Z1
D21
D58
X1
O1
N35 X1
N5
X1
Z1
X1
U15
L1
D21
M17 O10
X1
M17 G17 D4
Q1 R8
U36 Y5
N35
V13
V30
S40

who is armed. Prepare me the way to the place where Re , Atum , Chepre and Hathor live. I, the deceased (Osiris), priest of Month, the Lord of Thebes,

S34
I9
N35
Aa1
N35
M23
P8H
H8
Z1
W19 U19
nw
G29
Z1
Aa18
Z1
N35
X1 G14
A51 D4
N35
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N35
M17
Y5
N35
N5
V30
O1
Z1
G1
X1
N35
O39
D3
B1
Ankh-fn-khonsu, son of the man of the same rank Bes-n-Maut, son of the priestess (musician) of Amun-Re , the mistress of the house Ta-Nech.

back

Replica: The back of the stele (Egyptian Museum)
Back in hieroglyphics
S43 I10 N35
D4
Q1 A40 U36 R8 Y5
N35
V13
V30
S40 X1
O49
S34 n & x & f

Words spoken by Osiris, Priest of the Month, Lord of Thebes, Ankh-f-

N35
Aa1
N35
M23 A50 Aa12
P8H
W23
Z1
A1 N35
X1 G14
A1 Aa1
Z4
F4
X1 Z4
W23
Z1
A1 N35
E34
N35C

n-Chonsu, justified. (O) my mother's heart (twice), (O) my heart while I stay

A1 D2
Z1
D1
N16
G17 P6 D36
D54
D21
A1
G17 D53
X1
A2 A1 G17 U35 D21
A1

on earth, do not rise up to bear witness against me, do not stand against me

G17 THERE THERE W24
X1
A40 Z3 G17 D21
N29
D41
A24 D21
A1
G17 D53
Y1
O29 R8 V30
R14
X1
X1

in the Tribunal, do not be hostile to me in the presence of the Great God, the Lord of the West,

M17 S29 F36 n & A1 N16
N35
Z11 G17 G36
D21
X1
N25
O29
X1
N1
V29 V28
A1 D1 Z1
N16

even if I have connected myself (myself) with the earth on the western side, the great (in) heaven, may I endure on earth,

S43 I10 D4
Q1 R8
Aa25 S40 S34 n & x & f N35
Aa1
N35
M23 A51 Aa11
P8H
M17 A2 T21

Words spoken by Osiris, the garment priest of Thebes, Ankh-fn-Chonsu, justified. O unique,

D36
Z1
Q3
O34
D46
N8
G17 M17
D36
V28 N11 A40 O1
D21
D54 D4
Q1 R8
S34 n & x & f

who shines like the moon, may Osiris show himself, Ankh-f-

N35
Aa1
N35
M23 G17 G17 I1S
X1
A1 B1 Z2
V31
X1
G43
M17 M17 D21
D21
X1
G43
Z4

n-Chonsu, in your company, i.e. the outside world,

N1
wHa
D36
G43
D40
A1
M17 Z11 G43 Z3 N8 G43 A40 E34
N35
O31
N35
I9

(O) Savior of those in the sunlight is open to him

N14 G1 X1
O1
M17 S29 D4
Q1 R8
S34 n & x & f N35
Aa1
N35
M23 A51 O1
D21
D54
G17

the underworld, indeed, Osiris Ankh-fn-Chonsu shall show himself on

O4
D21
N5
Z1
D21
D4
X1
mr & r & r A2
I9
V30
X1
D2 D1
N16
G18 S34 G43 Z3

Days to do all that he asked for, on earth among the living.

Reception by Crowley and Thelema

The stele of the Anchefenchon was named the “Stele of Revelation” in April 1904 by the occultist Aleister Crowley , who was inspired by it for his Liber AL vel Legis . According to this scripture, non-Thelemites call it the “abomination of desolation”, and Thelemites use the title “Stele of Revelation” .

In 1904 Crowley was with his wife Rose Kelly (Soror Quarda) in Cairo, who believed she was developing clairvoyant skills there. When invocations to the sylphs , she fell into a trance and kept shouting "They're expecting you" and saying that Horus , "the one waiting", was angry with Crowley because he refused to invoke him. At Crowley's request that she should show him Horus, she then took him to the Egyptian Museum.

“Some day before March 23, Quarda identified the god she was in contact with with a Stéle in the Boulak Museum, which we had never visited. It is not the usual form of Horus, but Ra-Hoor-Khuit . I was no doubt very struck by the agreement that the exhibit, a rather obscure and insignificant Stéle, had catalog number 666 . But I thought it was an obvious coincidence. "

Crowley performed a ritual for the invocation of Horus under Kelly's guidance . On April 7th, Kelly asked him to go to his hotel room, which he was converting into a temple, at noon over the next three days. There Crowley wrote down the Liber Al vel Legis , which he said he had dictated by Aiwaz .

literature

Archaeological literature

  • EA Wallis Budge: Egyptian Magic. German edition, 1st edition, Bohmeier, Leipzig 2004, ISBN 3-89094-380-2 .

Occult reception

  • Aleister Crowley: Confessions. Aleister Crowley's Confessions; an autohagiography. Volume 2 (translation by Marcus M. Jungkurth) Dumme Kersken-Canbaz, Bergen 1993, ISBN 3-89423-013-4 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Peter Munro : The late Egyptian dead steles (= Egyptological research. (ÄF) Volume 25). 2 volumes, Augustin, Glückstadt / Hamburg / New York 1973, p. 187 death stele
  2. Aleister Crowley: Liber AL vel Legis III: 19 (versification of the Liber AL vel Legis )
  3. Aleister Crowley: Liber AL vel Legis III: 10.
  4. Aleister Crowley: Confessions - The Confessions of Aleister Crowley; an autohagiography - Volume 2. Bergen 1993.