ON THE TITLE ‘aA N #A, THE GREAT ONE OF THE #A-HALL’ OF PAYEFTJAUEMAWY NEITH IN SAITE EGYPT

Bassir, Hussein

doi:10.21608/jguaa2.2021.70962.1054

	ON THE TITLE ‘aA N #A, THE GREAT ONE OF THE #A-HALL’ OF PAYEFTJAUEMAWY NEITH IN SAITE EGYPT
Journal of the General Union of Arab Archaeologists
Article 3, Volume 6, Issue 3, November 2021, Pages 24-34 PDF (1.16 M)
Document Type: Original Article
DOI: 10.21608/jguaa2.2021.70962.1054
Author
Hussein Bassir^*
Director of the Antiquities Museum at the Library of Alexandria, Egypt .
Abstract
[Ar] عن لقب aA n xA، «عظيم قاعة xA» الخاص بـ«باي إف إتشاو إم عاوي نيث» في مصر الصاوية حمل الموظف الكبير المعروف «باي إف إتشاو إم عاوي نيث» الذي كان يعيش في نهاية العصر الصاوي حمل لقب aA n #A أي «عظيم قاعة xA ». وظهرت كلمة xA لأول مرة في الأسرة السادسة، وكانت تشير إلى «قاعة ذات أعمدة». ويشير قاموس برلين أيضًا إلى حدوث هذه الكلمة في الدولة القديمة، والتي تعني «قاعة» أو «قاعة الملك». وقد يشير مخصص هذه الكلمة ( ) إلى غرفة أو مكتب للأنشطة الرسمية. ولقب aA n xA الخاص بـ «باي إف إتشاو إم عاوي نيث» هو لقب عام ولا يحدد أية صلة بمنصب الوزير أو الملك. ولا تُعرف دلالة لقب aA n xA الخاص بـ «باي إف إتشاو إم عاوي نيث» بالضبط في تلك الفترة. وعلاوة على ذلك، لا نعرف مكانة هذه الرتبة أو وظيفة حاملها في ذلك الوقت. ونظرًا لأن وظيفة قاعةxA- كانت مرتبطة بالإدارة واستقبال الجمهور، فقد تكون قاعة xA ذات صلة بالملك؛ لأن جميع ألقاب «باي إف إتشاو إم عاوي نيث» مرتبطة بطريقة أو بأخرى بالبلاط الملكي. ويظهر كل هذا أن «باي إف إتشاو إم عاوي نيث» كانت له علاقات وثيقة ولعب أدوارًا مهمة في القصر الملكي، ربما كان الملك هو أبريس. وإذا كان الأمر كذلك، فربما كان «باي إف إتشاو إم عاوي نيث» مديرًا لقاعة xA لهذا الملك، وربما كان مسؤولاً عن جميع اتصالاتها الخارجية وعن نظامها وأمنها كما كانت هذه الأمور ضمن واجبات الوزير في أوائل عصر الدولة الحديثة. [En] The famous Late Saite high official Payeftjauemawyneith held the title aA n xA «the great one of the xA-hall». The word xA appeared for the first time in the Six^th Dynasty, designating a «columned hall». The Wb also refers to the occurrence of this word in the Old Kingdom, meaning «hall» or «the king’s hall». The determinative of this word ( ) may refer to a room or an office for official activities. The title aA n xA of Payeftjauemawyneith is generic and does not specify any connections with the positions of the king or the vizier. The significance of Payeftjauemawyneith’s title aA n xA is not exactly known at the period. We did not know this rank status or the function of its holder at the time. Since the function of the xA-hall was related to the administration and receiving audience, it might be the xA-hall of the king because all of Payeftjauemawyneith’s titles were related in one way or another to the royal realm. All these show that Payeftjauemawyneith had close connections and played important roles in the royal palace, probably of Apries. Therefore, Payeftjauemawyneith might have functioned as director of this xA-hall of this king and be responsible for all of its external contacts and its order and security as these fell under the duties of the vizier in the early New Kingdom.
Highlights
Introduction The Word‘#A, the #A-Hall The Title«aA n #A, the Great One of the #A-Hall» Conclusions
Keywords
Late Saite; high officials; Payeftjauemawyneith; Title aA n xA; Great one of the xA; xA; hall; Sixth dynasty; Old Kingdom; New Kingdom; Apries

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