Festivals of Opet, the Valley, and the New Year : their socio-religious functions / Masashi Fukaya.

Includes bibliographical references.

Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright page -- Dedication -- Contents Page -- Acknowledgements -- List of Figures -- Abbreviations -- Acknowledgements -- List of Figures, Tables and Text -- Abbreviations -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.1.1. Aim -- 1.1.2. Research background -- 1.1.3. Selection of the festivals to be examined in this study -- 1.1.4. Material evidence and methodological approaches -- Introduction -- Introduction -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.1.1. Aim -- 1.1.2. Research background -- 1.1.3. Selection of the festivals to be examined in this study

1.1.4. Material evidence and methodological approaches -- 1.2. Overview of Egyptian calendrical systems and festivals -- 1.2.1. Monthly festivals -- 1.2.2. Annual festivals -- 1.2.3. Designation and structure of festivals -- 1.2.4. Synchronicity of the civil calendar with the seasonal cycle in the New Kingdom -- 1.3. Theban religiosity -- 1.3.1. Visits to Thebes of the king, vizier, and high officials -- 1.3.2. Historical development of the religious city Thebes -- 1.3.3. Orientations of reliefs depicting the Festivals of Opet and the Valley at Karnak

Figure 1. Locations of festival reliefs and graffiti within the Karnak temple. -- Figure 2. Elevation of the Great Hypostyle Hall at Karnak. -- 1.2. Overview of Egyptian calendrical systems and festivals -- 1.2.1. Monthly festivals -- 1.2.2. Annual festivals -- 1.2.3. Designation and structure of festivals -- 1.2.4. Synchronicity of the civil calendar with the seasonal cycle in the New Kingdom -- 1.3. Theban religiosity -- 1.3.1. Visits to Thebes of the king, vizier, and high officials -- 1.3.1.1. King and prince -- 1.3.1.2. Vizier and royal butler

1.3.2. Historical development of the religious city Thebes -- 1.3.3. Orientations of reliefs depicting the Festivals of Opet and the Valley at Karnak -- Figure 1. Locations of festival reliefs and graffiti within the Karnak temple. -- Figure 2. Elevation of the Great Hypostyle Hall at Karnak. -- Chapter 2 -- 2.1. Research history -- 2.2. Chronological study -- 2.2.1. Early attestations and precursors -- 2.2.2. Date and duration (Table 9) -- 2.2.3. Later attestations -- Opet Festival -- 2.3. Designation of the Opet Festival -- 2.4. Sequence of the Opet Festival

2.4.1. Overview of the Colonnade Hall at Luxor temple -- 2.4.2. Eve -- 2.4.3. Emergence of the king from the palace -- 2.4.4. Rituals at Karnak -- 2.4.5. Departure from/arriving at Karnak -- 2.4.6. River procession -- 2.4.7. Arrival at/departure from Luxor -- 2.4.8. Rituals at Luxor -- 2.4.9. Rituals of the divine ka -- 2.4.10. Debate on the hierogamy and Hathoric celebrations -- 2.4.11. Rituals back at Karnak -- 2.4.12. Return to the palace of the king -- 2.5. Events associated with the Opet Festival -- 2.5.1. Oracular session -- 2.5.3. Appointment of priests and officials

This volume compares the religious and social functions of the Ancient Egyptian festivals of Opet, the Valley, and the New Year. Until now, detailed study of the New Year Festival has only been carried out with reference to the Greco-Roman period; this study turns its attention to the New Kingdom.

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