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Get thee behind me, City God! : New Kingdom versions of the so-called "Saite Formula”

Klotz, David

In: Zeitschrift für Ägyptische Sprache und Altertumskunde, 2016, vol. 143, no. 2, p. 204-213

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    Titre
    • Get thee behind me, City God!
      New Kingdom versions of the so-called "Saite Formula”
    Auteur
    • Klotz, David. Dr. David Klotz: Postdoctoral Associate, Egyptology, Universität Basel, eikones Projekt
    Type de document
    • Postprint
    Langue
    • Allemand
    Publié dans
    • Zeitschrift für Ägyptische Sprache und Altertumskunde, 2016, vol. 143, no. 2, p. 204-213. De Gruyter
    Autre version électronique
    Identifiant OAI-PMH
    • oai:doc.rero.ch:326571
    Summary
    The most recent analysis of the Saite Formula by K. Jansen-Winkeln (2000), based on an exhaustive corpus of over 200 examples, concluded that it was essentially a dedication formula expressed in the passive voice, commemorating the proper sacralization of the statue. Two previously unrecognized examples, both from Nubia during the late Eighteenth Dynasty, show that the supposed passive verbal form must be understood as the imperative of rḏı͗, "to place”, written in its archaizing or abbreviated non-suppletive form. This calls for a new analysis of the religious meaning of the formula, restoring agency to both the dedicant and his protective City God.