In the 19th century it was thought by Egyptologists and Historians to be the name of a king, because the scribes had placed the word sedjes inside a royal cartouche. But as knowledge about Ancient Egyptian phrasing and grammars advanced, scholars realized its true meaning. Sedjes means "omitted" or "missing" and the scribes used the word as a pseudonym replacing a now illegible name of a king. They encircled it with a royal cartouche to mark it as a king's name, but following generations of scribes erroneously took it as the actual birth name of the to-be listed king. A similar case can be observed with the ominous cartouche name Hudjefa, also used as a pseudonym for missing royal names. Today, it is passionately disputed, which king of 3rd Dynasty was meant to be denoted in cartouche No.18.[2][3][4]
^Herman Alexander Schlögl: Das Alte Ägypten: Geschichte und Kultur von der Frühzeit bis zu Kleopatra. Beck, Hamburg 2006, ISBN3-406-54988-8, page 78.
^Iorwerth Eiddon Stephen Edwards: The Cambridge Ancient History Vol. 1, Pt. 2: Early history of the Middle East, 3rd volume (Reprint). Cambridge University Press, Cambridge 2006, ISBN0-521-07791-5, page 35.
^Jürgen von Beckerath: Handbuch der ägyptischen Königsnamen. Deutscher Kunstverlag, München/Berlin 1984, page 49.
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sedjes, ancient, egyptian, cartouche, name, king, pharaoh, said, have, ruled, during, dynasty, kingdom, period, lexeme, appears, only, once, abydos, king, list, cartouche, presented, were, name, direct, follower, king, sekhemkhet, here, named, teti, direct, pr. Sedjes is an ancient Egyptian cartouche name for a king pharaoh who is said to have ruled during the 3rd Dynasty Old Kingdom period The lexeme appears only once in the Abydos King List as cartouche No 18 It is presented as if it were the name of the direct follower of king Sekhemkhet here named Teti and the direct predecessor of king Neferkara I 1 SedjesCartouche of the name Sedjes from the Abydos King List PharaohReignUnknown 3rd Dynasty Royal titularyIn the 19th century it was thought by Egyptologists and Historians to be the name of a king because the scribes had placed the word sedjes inside a royal cartouche But as knowledge about Ancient Egyptian phrasing and grammars advanced scholars realized its true meaning Sedjes means omitted or missing and the scribes used the word as a pseudonym replacing a now illegible name of a king They encircled it with a royal cartouche to mark it as a king s name but following generations of scribes erroneously took it as the actual birth name of the to be listed king A similar case can be observed with the ominous cartouche name Hudjefa also used as a pseudonym for missing royal names Today it is passionately disputed which king of 3rd Dynasty was meant to be denoted in cartouche No 18 2 3 4 References Edit Wolfgang Helck Untersuchungen zur Thinitenzeit Agyptologische Abhandlungen AA vol 45 Harrassowitz Wiesbaden 1987 ISBN 3 447 02677 4 p 109 Herman Alexander Schlogl Das Alte Agypten Geschichte und Kultur von der Fruhzeit bis zu Kleopatra Beck Hamburg 2006 ISBN 3 406 54988 8 page 78 Iorwerth Eiddon Stephen Edwards The Cambridge Ancient History Vol 1 Pt 2 Early history of the Middle East 3rd volume Reprint Cambridge University Press Cambridge 2006 ISBN 0 521 07791 5 page 35 Jurgen von Beckerath Handbuch der agyptischen Konigsnamen Deutscher Kunstverlag Munchen Berlin 1984 page 49 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Sedjes amp oldid 1116743903, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
