Ask me about ancient Egypt

[Betho_br]

I'm a Kemetic pagan who discovered the religion while studying Egyptology.
If you want to know anything about current developments in the field of Egyptology, ancient source texts, a specific deity... I may not be able to answer every question, but I can probably look it up or point out the relevant books and papers.
Also, if you just want something translated from or into hieroglyphs: My Middle Egyptian is pretty solid, just don't ask me about participle constructions.

Tell me about the 42 deities.

 

[Jayhawker Soule]

@Tamino :

Jastrow argued that Amarna letter EA39 referred to “men of Judah” and “soldiers of Judah.” [source].

Subsequently ...

... the Norwegian linguist Jørgen Knudtzon’s analysis, categorization and translation of the Amarna letters has been a go-to standard, with his two-volume work Die El-Amarna-Tafeln (1907 and 1915). Knudtzon translated this word differently, as s*-u-du, with the footnote “Oder zu; nicht ia!” (“or zu; not ia!”). He equated this with the proper name Sudu (probably relating it to a Syrian fortress called Sudu). [ibid]​

Any thoughts?

 

[Tamino]

Tell me about the 42 deities.

The 42 who preside over the hall of Maat and the so-called negative confessions?
What do you want to know about them? About the "sins" listed oder their strange titles?

 

[Tamino]

@Tamino :

Jastrow argued that Amarna letter EA39 referred to “men of Judah” and “soldiers of Judah.” [source].

Subsequently ...

... the Norwegian linguist Jørgen Knudtzon’s analysis, categorization and translation of the Amarna letters has been a go-to standard, with his two-volume work Die El-Amarna-Tafeln (1907 and 1915). Knudtzon translated this word differently, as s*-u-du, with the footnote “Oder zu; nicht ia!” (“or zu; not ia!”). He equated this with the proper name Sudu (probably relating it to a Syrian fortress called Sudu). [ibid]​

Any thoughts?

My thought would be that "Judah" is perhaps a bit anachronistic a term to use in reference to Bronze Age groups.

 

[Betho_br]

The 42 who preside over the hall of Maat and the so-called negative confessions?
What do you want to know about them? About the "sins" listed oder their strange titles?

yes please.

 

[Jayhawker Soule]

My thought would be that "Judah" is perhaps a bit anachronistic a term to use in reference to Bronze Age groups.

Obviously. I was just wondering if you knew of any commentary on EA39 over the last century.