EGYP 110- Midterm Exam Guide - Comprehensive Notes for the exam ( 30 pages long!)
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May the strong bull[1] beloved of ma"at [2] live, the lord of the sed festival. [3] , like his father ptah-tanen , the king of upper and lower egypt , user- Year 400, the fourth month of the season of shammu, the fourth day of the king of upper and lower egypt, seth-great-of-valor, son of re whom he loves, nubti. [11], beloved by re-hor-akhty, may he live for ever. Tjarw, the royal scribe, the administrative officer of the chariotry, paramesse. [12], right of voice, born from the mistress of the house, the songstress of re, The stela was erected in the eastern delta by ramses ii in honour of his father, The origins of the family are in avaris, former capital of the hyksos. Seth was the main god of avaris and was considered a forebear by the ramessids. strong bull: symbol for the pharaoh since earliest times. cf. the bull palette and the narmer palette.
