Reading priest
| Priest reading in hieroglyphics | ||||||
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| title |
Cheri-hebet / Cheri-habet ẖrj-ḥbt / ẖrj-ḥ3bt reading priest |
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| variant |
Cheri-hebet-heri-tep ẖrj-ḥbt-ḥr.j-tp Cheri-habet-heri-tep ẖrj-ḥ3b-ḥr.j-tp Highest reading priest |
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The title reading priest , ancient Egyptian Cheri-hebet , or Cheri-habet , describes a high office in ancient Egypt that was exercised by priests . The title has been used since the 1st dynasty . Reading priests accompanied funeral ceremonies with chants , prayers and litanies .
See also
literature
- Dilwyn Jones: An Index of Ancient Egyptian Titles, Epithets and Phrases of the Old Kingdom (= British Archaeological Reports. International Series. Vol. 866, 1-2). 2 volumes. Archaeopress, Oxford 2000, ISBN 1-84171-069-5 .
- Martin Andreas Stadler : sage and vizier. Studies on the occurrence, role and nature of the god Thoth in the Egyptian Book of the Dead (= Oriental religions in antiquity. Egypt, Israel, Old Orient. (ORA). Vol. 1). Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen 2009, ISBN 978-3-16-149854-1 (also: Würzburg, Universität, habilitation paper, 2007).
- William A. Ward : Index of Egyptian Administrative and Religious Titles of the Middle Kingdom. With a glossary of words and phrases used. American University Press, Beirut 1982.
Individual evidence
- ^ A b Rainer Hannig : Large Concise Dictionary Egyptian-German. The language of the pharaohs. (2800 - 950 BC) (= Hannig-Lexica. Vol. 1 = Cultural history of the ancient world . Vol. 64). von Zabern, Mainz 1995, ISBN 3-8053-1771-9 , p. 640.