Peribsen and Lower Egypt
Abstract
The article deals with some aspects of Peribsen’s policy. In author’s opinion this pharaoh of the Second dynasty possibly led military campaigns in Lower Egypt. This hypothesis can be maintained by the data of seal impressions, stone vessels and the steles from the Early Dynastic period. The author shows that Peribsen’s election of Seth as the god of royal power and replacement of traditional patron of Egyptian rulers Horus by him could be connected with disintegration of Egypt into two parts. The author shows that the toponyms %Tt and &A-mHw in Peribsen’s monuments must be connected with Lower Egypt. The fact that place-names are connected with the tribute from Delta to Peribsen can prove that this ruler tried to conquer Lower Egypt. In the present study the comparative historical research is used.
About the Author
Ksenia F. Karlova
Institute of Oriental Studies of the Russian Academy of Sciences
Russian Federation
Russian Federation
Ksenia F. Karlova ‒ Ph. D. (Hist.), Research fellow, Department of Ancient Orient
Moscow
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Acknowledgments: The article is published under the grant of the President of the Russian Federation for state support of young Russian scientists – candidates of sciences, No. MK-2320.2020.6. “The evolution of Seth’s cult as an example of a religious synthesis in the territory of Egypt and Western Asia in the second half of the II–I millennium BC”.
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Karlova K.F. Peribsen and Lower Egypt. Orientalistica. 2020;3(5):1249-1258. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.31696/2618-7043-2020-3-5-1249-1258
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