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The Story of Wenamun. Report of his Adventures in Phoenicia
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Οι Περιπέτειες του Ουεναμούν, έκδοση Μουχάμαντ Σαμσαντίν Μεγαλομμάτη
The Adventures of Wenamun, Egyptian Priest of Amun of Thebes, in Phoenicia
Report of an adventure that took place before 3087 years
Online edition: https://ouenamon.wordpress.com/
Wenamun, the Egyptian priest of Amun of Thebes, traveled around 1075 BCE through Sais to Byblus of Phoenicia to get the precious cedar wood that was needed to have a holy boat of Amun sculpted in Thebes. He left a fascinating report that is the subject of this book.
Published in Greek, in 1992 (Stohastis Publishing House, Athens - Greece), 160 p., the book consists in the first Egyptological publication in Greece, and in the first direct translation from Classical Egyptian (Hieroglyphic) to Modern Greek.
The author attached a Preface with respect to the Egyptological material and background in Greece, including a list of related lectures and public conferences that were held in Athens in the late 80s and early 90s.
The Introduction focuses the modern Egyptological research on Wenamun. The author dedicated his book to Prof. Sarah Israelit Groll, with whom he had precisely a seminar on Wenamun at the Mount Scopus Hebrew University of Jerusalem in 1984 where the famous Israeli Egyptologist taught Egyptology for many years.
Throughout his vast analysis, Megalommatis refers to her interpretations on several occasions, and more particularly in the long and extensive comments that follow the Egyptian Hieroglyphic text and the Modern Greek translation.
Of particular interest in this regard are the author´s efforts to establish a correct chronological order of events mentioned and described throughout the text of Wenamun.
At the end, lists of Hieroglyphic signs (from Gardiner's Grammar), rich and diverse photographical material, as well as maps and diagrams highlighting Wenamun´s itinerary give the reader an enlightening pictorial understanding of the Ancient Egyptian world.
Wenamun, the Egyptian Priest of Amun of Thebes, traveled through Sais to Byblus of Phoenicia to get the precious cedar wood that was needed to have a holy boat of Amun sculpted in Thebes.
It seems that Horihor, the local ruler of Thebes, was not internationally recognized as Pharaoh, and Wenamun "forgot" to ask Smendes, Pharaoh of Lower Egypt only (so, eventually a competitor to Horihor), a letter of recommendation for Tsekker Baal of Byblus. This situation is at the origins of the great difficulties Wenamun faced when trying to convince the semi-barbaric ruler of the Phoenician city about his good intentions.
The image of a divided Egypt in decay comes in striking contrast with what was Egypt still 120 years before Wenamun, at the days of Ramses III, who had fought successfully against the ´Sea Peoples´, and ultimately dispersed them in the Mediterranean. The name itself of Tsekker Baal, the ruler of Byblus with whom Wenamun had so many troubles, suggests his ´Sea Peoples´ origin, Tsekker being one of the attacking peoples, whom the Egyptian Chronicle writers and official scribes called collectively ´Sea Peoples´.
A deep ideological differentiation between the two persons, Wenamun and Tsekker Baal, becomes evident thanks to details we find in the text. Yet, the most striking subject is the disdainful way Tsekker Baal addressed Wenamun, who was serving in a temple larger than the entire Phoenician city Tsekker Baal, as descendant of foreign immigrants, was ruling!
The way back was not easy either for the Egyptian Priest of Amun of Thebes; Wenamun had to escape to Alasia (Cyprus), and to ask the help of Queen Hatiba, first Cypriot personal name in History.
This testifies to the Semitic origins of the Cypriots as well; it also gives a vivid image of the existing piracy in Eastern Mediterranean during the first half of the 11th century BCE in contrast with earlier and later safer times. The author makes a considerable effort to make all his staff alive to us.
From: https://www.academia.edu/23395318/The_Adventures_of_Wenamun_Egyptian_priest_of_Amun_of_Thebes_in_Phoenicia_-_edition_Prof._M._S._Megalommatis
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