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"Religion in the ancient world, and ancient Egyptian religion in particular, is often perceived as static, hierarchically organised, and centred on priests, tombs, and temples. Engagement with archaeological and textual evidence dispels these beguiling if superficial narratives, however. Individuals and groups continuously shaped their environments, and were shaped by them in turn. This volume explores the ways in which this adaptation, negotiation, and reconstruction of religious understandings took place. The material results of these processes are termed 'cultural geography'. The volume examines this 'cultural geography' through the study of three vectors of religious agency: religious practices, the transmission of texts and images, and the study of religious landscapes" -- page 4 of cover.

Religion --- Archaeology and religion --- Egypt --- Religion.

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Following the studies by Jean Yoyotte in the 1980s, updating the documentation on Mefkat, a city in the western Delta was necessary, including a new edition of the block Cairo Egyptian Museum JE 45936 (Ritual of Mefky). The text on this fragment of a naos provides an accurate picture of the local geography and clarifies different aspects of the specific theology of Mefkat. The form of Hathor that was worshipped in Mefkat, associated with Osiris and Harsomtus in a triad of Osirian inspiration, had a strong bovine connotation. Described as the ba of Isis, the Shining One or the Golden One, Hathor of Mefkat was a cow, a form of Isis whose head, cut off by her son Horus, was replaced by a cow's head, in the same way as in the tale of “The Contendings of Horus and Seth”. This etiological myth is also found, with minor changes, in other sanctuaries of Hathor of Mefkat, identifiable in northern Upper Egypt and the Eastern delta. This monograph is a revised version of a doctoral thesis defended at the University of Lille in 2009. It presents a new translation of and commentary on the Ritual of Mefky, and then analyzes the toponym Mefkat, its origin and location, as well as the different facets of the local religion Depuis les travaux de Jean Yoyotte dans les années 1980, il était apparu qu'une reprise du dossier de Mefkat, ville du delta occidental, était nécessaire, qui inclurait notamment une nouvelle édition du Rituel de Mefky (bloc Caire Musée égyptien JE 45936). Les informations portées par ce fragment de naos permettent de revenir sur la géographie locale et les lieux mis à contribution dans le Rituel, mais aussi de préciser différents aspects de la théologie de Mefkat. La figure d'Hathor qui y était vénérée, associée à un Osiris et à un Harsomtous dans une triade d'inspiration osirienne, possédait une forte connotation bovine. Qualifiée de ba d'Isis, de brillante ou de Dorée, Hathor de Mefkat était une vache maternelle, une déesse dont la tête coupée par Horus fut remplacée par un mufle de vache, à l'image d'Isis dans le récit de l'affrontement entre Horus et Seth. Ce mythe étiologique se trouve en outre, avec quelques adaptations mineures, dans d'autres sanctuaires d'Hathor de Mefkat, que l'on peut identifier dans le nord de la Haute Égypte et dans le delta oriental. Cette monographie est la version remaniée d'une thèse de doctorat soutenue à l'université de Lille en 2009. Elle présente une nouvelle traduction et un commentaire du Rituel de Mefky, puis propose de revenir sur le toponyme, son origine et sa localisation, avant d'analyser les différentes facettes de la religion locale

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