Early Dynastic Egypt (83 page)

es-Saff 36

es-Salmani 355

es-Siba’iya 349–50

estates, royal 101, 118,
120
, 123–4 Ezbet Et-Tell/Kufur Nigm 22

Fairservis, W. 17–18

Fayum 295–6 festivals:

Djet
( t-)
301–
2
;

šr-
302;

dw -Hr-pt
301;

organisation of 135;

royal 208–18

(see also
Sed-festival); Sokar 85, 301–
2

Firth, C.M. 10

flail 189, 190, 194

following of Horus 79, 142, 220–1

funerary enclosures 227, 243, 244, 256, 259, 261;

at Abydos 17, 231, 238–40, 245, 249

(see also
Deir Sitt Damiana; Shunet ez-Zebib);

Hierakonpolis ‘Fort’ 93, 227, 246, 277;

at Saqqara 77, 104, 239–40, 243–4, 254

Garstang, J. 5

Geb (deity) 284 Gebelein:

painted linen from 33, 52, 216, 335; as Predynastic centre 49;

relief blocks from 93, 97, 199, 294;

temple 283, 305, 311–12;

town 335–6

Gebeles-Silsila 347

Gebel Sheikh Suleiman 51, 54, 72, 177–9, 299

Gebel Zeit 171

German Archaeological Institute, Cairo 16, 18

Girza 35, 282

Giza 84–5, 88, 130, 160, 249, 339;

mastaba V 73, 74, 165 gold:

mines 172, 176;

and Naqada 37, 43, 207, 351

Goneim, Z. 14

government
see
administration Green, F. 7

Haraga 35

Harsaphes (deity) 221, 262, 284–5

Hathor (deity) 15, 93, 97, 199, 262, 283, 294, 311–12;

see also
Bat

*Hat-Hor, King 54

Hawashim 355

Hedjet
see
white crown Hedjwer (deity) 249, 285–6 Heliopolis:

as cult centre of Ra 273, 293, 304, 306;

Third Dynasty shrine at 96–7, 199, 201, 276, 284, 293, 295, 312, 316

Heliopolis south 36 Helwan/el-Maasara:

Early Dynastic necropolis
12,
25, 76, 115, 245, 257, 286, 339, 359, 360–1;

inscribed objects from 58, 69, 72, 78, 81, 83, 85, 296;

stone stelae from 161, 181, 295;

uninscribed objects from 159, 287, 292

Hemaka (official) 77, 121, 131, 147, 275

Hemamia 356

Henuka (official) 80

heqa-sceptre
41, 188–9, 190

Heqet (deity) 286

Herakleopolis 221, 262, 325 Herishef
see
Harsaphes Hermopolis 325

Herneith, Queen 291

Herodotus 63, 64

Hesira (official) 97, 141, 161, 293

Hetepdief (official), statue of 83, 86, 242

Hetepsekhemwy, King 82, 83–4;

and administration 121;

inscribed stone vessels of 252, 263, 282, 285;

names and titles of 91, 202, 207;

seal-impressions of 90, 116, 240, 296;

tomb of 83, 240–1, 242, 251

Hierakonpolis:

buildings of Khasekhem(wy) at 91, 92, 144, 191, 272, 277, 294, 305, 312

(see also
funerary enclosures); ceremonial centre 39, 69, 303, 309, 311; as cult centre of Horus285, 287, 290; excavations at 6–7, 17–18, 23;

‘Fort’ cemetery 30–1, 334–5;

Locality 6 23, 39, 50, 163, 176, 345;

‘Main Deposit’ 7, 77, 164, 198, 270, 309–10

(see also
Narmer macehead; Narmer palette;

Scorpion macehead);

objects from excavations 69, 164, 179, 282;

‘painted tomb’ 32–3, 39, 52;

region 346–50,
347
;

and state formation 38–9, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51;

temple (at Nekhen) 39, 268, 271, 304, 306, 309–11;

titles connected with 123, 136;

town area 74, 99, 224, 327;

town development 323, 324, 326, 333–5, 350

hippopotamus 77, 298;

hunting the 33, 216–
17
, 274

Hoffman, M. 23 Hor-Aha
see
Aha

Horus (deity) 198, 264, 286–7, 292;

as god of kingship 39, 48, 50, 184–5, 286, 310;

as god of Hierakonpolis 285, 309–10, 334;

see also
Horus title and names

Horus title and names
53
, 200–3, 207, 224

Hu 282, 283, 351–2

human sacrifice 227, 237, 240, 265–
7
, 269, 281

Huni, King 94, 100, 103–5, 117, 118, 247, 254;

small step pyramids of 101, 103, 118, 277–9,
278
, 330;

see also
Maidum

Iat/Iamet (deity) 287 iconography:

religious 262–4,
263,
279;

royal 31–4, 58, 62, 183, 197, 234, 297;

see also
kingship, ideology of; regalia

Imhotep (official) 15, 99, 131, 248, 273, 293

inherited status 29–30

irrigation 37, 45–6, 216

*Iry-Hor, King 19, 55, 234

Isis (deity) 287–8

Iy-en-khnum (official) 86, 288, 343

Jeffreys, D. 25

Junker, H. 8

‘Ka’, King 22, 44, 57–8, 125;

tomb of 55, 234

Kafr Tarkhan
see
Tarkhan Kaiser, W. 16–17, 19

Kaplony, P. 17

Kemp, B. 17

Khaba, King 95, 99–101, 104, 247, 334;

see also
Zawiyet el-Aryan ‘layer pyramid’ Kharga Oasis 164, 174

Khasekhem, King 52, 83, 91–2, 96, 179, 180, 191, 272;

see also
Khasekhemwy Khasekhemwy, King 91–4, 202, 250, 273;

and administration 121, 127, 129, 132;

and the development of the royal mortuary complex 97, 242, 244, 246;

and foreign relations 143, 144, 157, 160;

objects from the tomb of 188, 282, 291, 296, 297, 315;

and royal cult 275, 277;

and the Second-Third Dynasty succession 95, 101, 211, 248;

and temple building 294, 305, 308, 310–11, 312, 333;

tomb of 25–6, 84, 85, 93, 94, 245;

see also
Hierakonpolis; Khasekhem;

Shunet ez-Zebib

khat-
head-dress
187
, 192, 196

Khentiamentiu (deity) 262, 288, 297, 313

Khnum (deity) 264, 288

Khonsu (deity) 198, 199

Khozam 352

kings before the First Dynasty 19, 52–8, 65, 66;

see also
‘Dynasty 0’; ‘Dynasty 00’

kingship:

early centres of 36–41,
38
;

ideology of 7, 30, 31–4, 44, 47, 48, 58, 117, 183–229, 274

Klasens, A. 15

Kom el-Hisn 124, 143, 146, 363

Kroeper, K. 21

Kubania 176, 345

labels
see
writing; year labels

Lachish 151

lapis lazuli 30, 43, 163, 164–5

Lauer, J.-P. 13–14

Letopolis 140, 264, 273, 287

Libya, Egyptian contacts with 80, 162, 174

literacy 45, 115–16

Maadi 36, 326, 357–8, 360, 362

Mafdet (deity) 77, 220, 263, 288–90,
289

Mahasna 5, 29, 30, 216, 355

Maidum 3, 94, 104, 247, 254–5, 258

Manetho 4, 60, 63, 64, 66, 67, 231, 292

Massoulard, E. 14–15

‘master of the beasts’ motif 32 Mathieson, I. 25

Matmar 29, 356, 357

Medamud 303–4

Medinet el-Fayum 295

Mehit (deity) 290 Memphis:

as the capital 58, 70, 112, 229, 334, 358–9;

and the Apis bull 77, 300;

and Ptah 292–3;

location of 243, 339, 361;

Palace of Apries 268, 320;

as the Residence 257, 285;

and royal ritual 210, 214, 216;

region 8, 85, 96, 325, 356, 357–62,
358
;

and state formation 49;

strategic location of 326, 359–60;

Survey of 25, 339, 361 Mendes:

as Predynastic centre 325, 340, 342, 363;

excavations at 328, 341–2

Menes, King 6, 66–8, 281, 290, 292, 339

Merka (official) 111, 135, 136, 137, 143, 148–9, 291, 299

Merneith, Queen 62, 66, 73, 74–5;

and administration 121, 124, 125, 130, 140, 146, 147;

and religious cults 288, 291, 297;

tomb of 74, 75, 90, 233, 236;

see also
funerary enclosures