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| July 12, 2007 11:54AM |
Hi Joe,
How old is the Cannibal Hymn? How do we date it to at or before Khufus reign? If we can be sure of that, then I would agree with you, otherwise its just speculation.
Sorry, I meant to say Cannibal Hymn and the utt. 216. They both mention sAH (utt. 216 links him to Sopdet), and they are both considered to be very, very old. How old? Seen the practise described (the CH), as well as the language used (utt.216), the experts estimate them to predate the dynastic times. Of course Faulkner, Allen, Assmann, Hornung and some I don't even know about may all be wrong, but since I don't have their linguistic skills and my level of knowledge in AE mytho cannot be compared to theirs, I tend to take their word for it.
Still, I can understand why you would be motivated not to...
Ritva
How old is the Cannibal Hymn? How do we date it to at or before Khufus reign? If we can be sure of that, then I would agree with you, otherwise its just speculation.
Sorry, I meant to say Cannibal Hymn and the utt. 216. They both mention sAH (utt. 216 links him to Sopdet), and they are both considered to be very, very old. How old? Seen the practise described (the CH), as well as the language used (utt.216), the experts estimate them to predate the dynastic times. Of course Faulkner, Allen, Assmann, Hornung and some I don't even know about may all be wrong, but since I don't have their linguistic skills and my level of knowledge in AE mytho cannot be compared to theirs, I tend to take their word for it.
Still, I can understand why you would be motivated not to...
Ritva
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