Ubaonians
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Ubaoner , ancient Egyptian Uba-iner , is the name of a fictional ancient Egyptian magician who appears in one of the five sagas of the Westcar ( Middle Kingdom ) papyrus and, according to the story, performs a miracle at the court of King ( Pharaoh ) Nebka ( 3rd Dynasty ).
The literary person
Ubaoner only appears in the second story of the Westcar papyrus - there is no historical or even archaeological evidence of it. However, this literary figure is of some importance for Egyptology , since it depicts a classic case of adultery on the part of the wife and a punishment that was common in ancient Egypt, in this case execution . A strikingly positive character image of King Nebka is drawn: He, Nebka, in his role as a just judge , punishes consistently committed injustice or unethical behavior (the adultery described).
The story of Ubaoner
According to the papyrus, Ubaoner is betrayed by his wife with a common citizen. In order to punish the citizen, Ubaoner makes a wax crocodile that turns into a real one and ultimately devours the citizen. He leaves his unfaithful wife to the court of King Nebka, who in turn condemns the adulteress to death.
literature
- Verena M. Lepper : Investigations on the Papyrus Westcar: A philological and literary (new) analysis . In: Ägyptologische Abhandlungen , Volume 70. Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden 2008, ISBN 3447056517
- Miriam Lichtheim : Ancient Egyptian literature: a book of readings. The Old and Middle Kingdoms , Volume 1. University of California Press 2000, ISBN 0520028996
- EA Wallis Budge: An introduction to ancient Egyptian literature . Dover Publications, New York 1997, ISBN 0486295028
Individual evidence
- ↑ Westcar Papyrus, Column 1, Line 22 Transcription and translation of the Westcar Papyrus (Berlin Papyrus 3033) into English based on Transcription Blackman (1988) ( Memento of the original from April 15, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF file; 517 kB)
- ^ EA Wallis Budge: An introduction to ancient Egyptian literature . Page 25.
