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- Abu Simbel
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- Right hand Colossus of Memnon
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- Pyramid at Giza
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- Statue of Ramesses II at Luxor Temple
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- The unfinished obelisk, Aswan
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- Columns at Karnak
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- The kiosk at Philae
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- The wall of the temple at Edfu
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- Obelisk at Karnak
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- Abu Simbel
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- Abu Simbel
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- Detail of wall carvings at Kom Ombo
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Thanks for the comments.
And thanks to Etienne for his answer to Barbara’s question.
I’ll raise a glass of irp to you all at the weekend.
The kind of offering is usually described in the hieroglyphs traced between pharaoh and the god. These are not legible on Titus’ photos. Luckily, similar scenes occurs several times in Kom Ombo. One can infer from them that wine (=irp) is offered in the two nw pots. Other examples of the scene in Kom Ombo ( in de Morgan, Kom Ombos, vol. II) :
-court : column 1 (120) : offering of wine to Ra Horakhty :
-hypostyle hall : irp to he same god (230)
-hypostyle hall : irp to MAat (266)
-hypostyle hall (column) : irp to MAat (286)
-hypostyle hall (column) : irp to Ra-Horakhty (307)
-door gamma : irp to Sobek (340)
-door gamma : 2 scenes : irp to Ra-Horakhty (354)
-door gamma, lintel : irp to Ra-Horakhty (388)
The list ins’t exhaustive.
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Thanks Etienne for this information on wine and the nw pots. Your detailed answer prompts me to look for more information on wine as an offering – we hear more about the formulaic bread and beer in this context. I wonder if we can assume that nw pots were specifically intended for wine?
Good sources of information about wine in Ancient Egypt are:
- “Domestic Plants and Animals: The Egyptian Origins” by Brewer, Redford and Redford (Aris and Phillips)
- Mary Anne Murray’s “Viticulture and Wine Production” in Nicholson and Shaw’s “Ancient Egyptian Materials and Technology” (Cambridge University Press)
Look forward to seeing more from your next expedition down the Nile soon!
I have two questions prompted by the presentation of the ‘nw’ pots in Titus’ last image ‘Detail of wall carving at Kom Ombo’. These particular pots are often shown being offered to gods by kings. Are these particular pots known to have contained a particular substance? And secondly-we often see these particular shaped pots (W24) when the king is said to be presenting ma’at. What is the connection (if any) between the ‘nw’ pots and ma’at? Thanks!
Lovely. Thank you for sharing.
Thank you Titus – they are lovely!