Amun-Re

The monument known as Philip Arrhidaeus’ bark-shrine is the granite chapel built in the central area of the Temple of Amun-Re in Karnak. As a permanent resting place for the divine bark, it is located at the same place as the bark-shrine of Thutmose III, inserted into the complex of the “Palace of Maat” built during the reign of Hatshepsut. Cleared and partially rebuilt by Georges Legrain at the beginning of the 20th century, the chapel was restored and its colors fixed during work undertaken by the CFEETK in 1992-1993. With the resumption of the epigraphic and photographic survey programme (2010-2017), the long-awaited publication of this emblematic monument built in the heart of Ipet-sut can now be proposed.

Le monument connu sous le nom de chapelle-reposoir de Philippe Arrhidée est l’édifice en granite bâti dans la zone centrale du temple d’Amon-Rê à Karnak. Reposoir permanent de la barque divine, il occupe le même emplacement que la chapelle-reposoir de Thoutmosis III, insérée dans le complexe du « Palais de Maât » construit sous le règne d’Hatchepsout. Dégagée des blocs effondrés et partiellement reconstruite par Georges Legrain au début du XXe siècle, la chapelle a été restaurée et sa polychromie fixée lors de travaux entrepris par le CFEETK en 1992-1993. Avec la reprise du programme de relevés épigraphiques et photographiques (2010-2017), la publication longtemps retardée de cet emblématique monument construit au cœur d’Ipet-sout peut désormais être proposée.

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Standing at the heart of Karnak Temple, the Great Hypostyle Hall is a forest of 134 giant sandstone columns enclosed by massive walls. Sety I built the Great Hypostyle Hall ca. 1300 BCE and decorated the northern wing with exquisite bas reliefs. After his death, his successor Ramesses II completed the southern wing mostly in sunk relief. This volume provides full translation, epigraphic analysis, and photographic documentation of the elaborate wall reliefs inside the Hall. This vast trove of ritual art and texts attest to the richness and vitality of Egyptian civilization at the height of its imperial power. The present volume builds upon and serves as a companion to an earlier volume of drawings of the wall scenes made by Harold H. Nelson in the 1950s and edited for publication by William J. Murnane in 1981.

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Standing at the heart of Karnak Temple, the Great Hypostyle Hall is a forest of 134 giant sandstone columns enclosed by massive walls. Sety I built the Great Hypostyle Hall ca. 1300 BCE and decorated the northern wing with exquisite bas reliefs. After his death, his successor Ramesses II completed the southern wing mostly in sunk relief. This volume provides full translation, epigraphic analysis, and photographic documentation of the elaborate wall reliefs inside the Hall. This vast trove of ritual art and texts attest to the richness and vitality of Egyptian civilization at the height of its imperial power. The present volume builds upon and serves as a companion to an earlier volume of drawings of the wall scenes made by Harold H. Nelson in the 1950s and edited for publication by William J. Murnane in 1981.

Situé sur la bordure nord du domaine d’Amon-Rê à Karnak, le temple de Ptah n’a pas fait l’objet d’une étude depuis les travaux pionniers de Georges Legrain en 1899 et 1900. Initié en 2008, un programme du CFEETK (MAE-CNRS USR 3172) vise à une compréhension globale de cet édifice bâti par Thoutmosis III, agrandi et décoré jusqu’au début de l’époque romaine. Les deux premiers volumes proposés livrent pour la première fois l’ensemble de la matière épigraphique du temple (fac-similés et textes hiéroglyphiques en ligne) ainsi que la couverture photographique complète, réalisée essentiellement après l’achèvement, en 2013, d’un important programme de restauration et de conservation. La documentation réunie dans ces deux volumes témoigne du rôle prépondérant du dieu Ptah dans les théologies thébaines. Dans ce temple où primitivement Amon-Rê était l’hôte de Ptah et d’Hathor, les théologiens de l’époque ptolémaïque ont adjoint Somtous l’enfant et Imhotep, l’architecte divinisé. Tout au long de son histoire, sur plus d’un millénaire et demi de fonctionnement, le temple de Ptah restera un lieu privilégié à Karnak, accueillant Amon-Rê et Osiris lors de leurs sorties processionnelles.

Located on the northern edge of the precinct of Amon-Re at Karnak, the temple of Ptah has not been studied since the pioneering work of Georges Legrain in 1899 and 1900. A CFEETK (MAE-CNRS USR 3172) programme was begun in 2008 and aims to develop an overall understanding of this edifice which was built by Thutmose III and enlarged and decorated up until the beginning of the Roman period. The first two planned volumes will contain, for the first time, the ensemble of epigraphic material from the temple (facsimiles and hieroglyphic texts) as well as a comprehensive photographic coverage that was undertaken in 2013 after the completion of a large programme of restoration and preservation. The documentation gathered in these volumes is evidence of the leading role occupied by Ptah in Theban theology. In the beginning, Amon-Re was the host of Ptah and Hathor in this temple but theologians of the Ptolemaic period introduced Somtus the child and Imhotep, the deified architect. Throughout its long history, over fifteen hundred years of functioning, the temple of Ptah was a favoured spot at Karnak, receiving Amon-Re and Osiris at the moment of their processional outings.

منذ الأعمال الرائدة لـ Georges Legrain فى عامى ١٨٩٩ و ١٩٠٠ لم يتم دراسة معبد بتاح الذى يقع فى الطرف الشمالى بمجال آمون ـ رع بالكرنك. فى عام ٢٠٠٨ بدأ برنامج المركز الفرنسى المصرى لدراسة معابد الكرنك (MAE-CNRS USR 3172) بهدف فهم شامل لهذا البناء المشيد بواسطة تحتمس الثالث، وقد تم توسيعه وتزيينه حتى بداية العصر الرومانى. المجلدان المعروضان يوفران للمرة الأولى كل المواد التصويرية للمعبد (صور طبق الأصل ونصوص هيروغليفية) كذلك التغطية التصويرية الكاملة، التى نفذت أساسا فى ٢٠١٣ بعد أن تم الإنتهاء من برنامج هام للترميم والحفظ. الوثائق التى تم جمعها فى هاذين المجلدين تشهد بالدور الريادى للإله بتاح فى لاهوت طيبة. فى هذا المعبد الذى كان - فى الأصل - آمون ـ رع المضيف لبتاح وحتحور، أضاف علماء لاهوت العصر البطلمى Somtous الطفل ( سما تاوى ) و إيمحتب ( المعمارى المؤله). لقد ظل لمعبد بتاح - عبر تاريخه الذى إمتد أكثر من قرن و نصف - مكانا متميزا فى الكرنك حيث كان يستقبل الإله آمون ـ رع وأوزيريس أثناء خروجهما الموكبى.

e  scene of the oracle  is one of the most famous scenes from the Montu temple in Medamud. According to the interpretation of the text given by its  rst publisher,  tienne Drioton, this scene has been considered as the description of an oracular process (precisely situated in time) of the  bull of Medamud.  Within the framework of the programme for a new edition of texts of the temple by the Medamud mission (IFAO Sorbonne Université) we wanted to go over the translation again and reconsider it. We propose to relate this scene to the cult reliefs and no longer to see it as a representation of an oracle, but as a way for the people to have access to a divine image.  is re-examination also allows us to reconsider the meaning of the rear temple and to propose new arguments to  ustify the location of the scene.