NMC101H1 Lecture Notes - Lecture 3: Lunar Calendar, Sothic Cycle, Egyptian Chronology
8 Jan 2014
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Know what a sothic cycle is and why it is important. Lecture topic: egyptian chronology - the calendar ad historical sources. 1st millennium bce = 100 years between years -1000 and -1. 9th century bce = 900-801 before the common era. 1st century ce = 1-100 of present day, western, julian calendar. Gave name to month in which celebratied e. g. theban (opet-festival) in second month of akhet = paopi Day-time: observation of path of the sun/ shadow clocks. 36 decans (lat: decem) - 10 day week. Coffin lids from middle kingdom onwards (c. 2000 bce ff) Astronomical ceilings and nut-pictures in tombs and temples, from new kingdom (c. 1460 bce) onwards. Lying beneath her is a man (earth male, sky female) She is thought to give birth to the sun every morning, it then plunges into the ocean. Then crawls to her foot and climbs back up again. Then travels along belly of the sky goddess.
