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Seth – A Misrepresented God in
the Ancient Egyptian Pantheon?
Philip John Turner
BAR International Series 2473
2013
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Seth – A Misrepresented God in the Ancient Egyptian Pantheon?
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CONTENTS
List of Figures .......................................................................................................................................................... 2
Acknowledgements ................................................................................................................................................. 3
Introduction ............................................................................................................................................................. 5
Seth in Predynastic Egypt ........................................................................................................................................ 9
The early Dynastic period and the Old Kingdom .................................................................................................. 14
The First Intermediate Period and the Middle Kingdom ....................................................................................... 20
Second Intermediate Period ................................................................................................................................... 24
The New Kingdom (part 1).................................................................................................................................... 28
The New Kingdom (part 2).................................................................................................................................... 34
The Third Intermediate Period ............................................................................................................................... 47
The Late Period ..................................................................................................................................................... 51
The Graeco-Roman Period .................................................................................................................................... 55
Seth and Foreign gods ........................................................................................................................................... 65
Concluding Remarks ............................................................................................................................................. 68
Appendix 1: The Pyramid Texts ............................................................................................................................ 71
Appendix 2: The Coffin Texts ............................................................................................................................... 85
Appendix 3: The Book of the Dead ..................................................................................................................... 101
References ........................................................................................................................................................... 107
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Map of Ancient Egypt ............................................................................................................................................. 4
Bowl from tomb H29 at el-Mahasna ..................................................................................................................... 10
Hair-comb from el-Mahasna.................................................................................................................................. 10
The Scorpion macehead ......................................................................................................................................... 11
Detail of Seth-animal from macehead ................................................................................................................... 12
Exterior of Unas pyramid ...................................................................................................................................... 17
Pyramid texts inside Unas pyramid ....................................................................................................................... 17
Body coffin of Khnum-Nakht ................................................................................................................................ 22
Lintel from temple of Thuthmosis I at Nubt .......................................................................................................... 29
Jamb from temple of Thuthmosis III at Nubt ........................................................................................................ 29
Stela of Anhotep .................................................................................................................................................... 30
Sketch of Gebel Adda relief .................................................................................................................................. 33
Lintel of Seti I from Heliopolis.............................................................................................................................. 36
Offering table of Seti I ........................................................................................................................................... 36
Stela of Aapehty .................................................................................................................................................... 41
Stela of Taqayna .................................................................................................................................................... 45
Edfu- king spearing hippopotamus ........................................................................................................................ 60
Edfu – Horus upon back of hippopotamus ............................................................................................................ 60
All figures copyright P. J. Turner except 2, 8, 11 (Manchester Museum), 13 (KIK-IRPA), 14 (Metropolitan Museum),
15 (British Museum), 16 (Rijksmuseum van Oudheden) and 17 (A. E. David).
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