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Rawash, H. (2016). THE SACREDNESS OF SOME SEALS AND ITS RELATIONSHIP TO GOD THOTH. Journal of the General Union of Arab Archaeologists, 1(1), 64-88. doi: 10.21608/jguaa2.2016.3889
Hayam Rawash. "THE SACREDNESS OF SOME SEALS AND ITS RELATIONSHIP TO GOD THOTH". Journal of the General Union of Arab Archaeologists, 1, 1, 2016, 64-88. doi: 10.21608/jguaa2.2016.3889
Rawash, H. (2016). 'THE SACREDNESS OF SOME SEALS AND ITS RELATIONSHIP TO GOD THOTH', Journal of the General Union of Arab Archaeologists, 1(1), pp. 64-88. doi: 10.21608/jguaa2.2016.3889
Rawash, H. THE SACREDNESS OF SOME SEALS AND ITS RELATIONSHIP TO GOD THOTH. Journal of the General Union of Arab Archaeologists, 2016; 1(1): 64-88. doi: 10.21608/jguaa2.2016.3889

THE SACREDNESS OF SOME SEALS AND ITS RELATIONSHIP TO GOD THOTH

Article 4, Volume 1, Issue 1, November 2016, Page 64-88  XML PDF (682.93 K)
Document Type: Original Article
DOI: 10.21608/jguaa2.2016.3889
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Hayam Rawash email
Professor at faculty of Archaeology, Cairo University, Egypt .
Abstract
( En ) Seals played an important role in ancient Egypt. They were not only used as administrative securing devices for the state bureaucracy, private individual, documents, containers, places, but also as amulets during daily life and in the netherworld. There are some features confirmed the sacredness of seals such as:
•Seals as devices of protection.
•The crime of breaking the seal.
•The seal and sacredness of the place.
•The sacredness of the process of sealing.
Beside the sacredness of seals, there are some texts confirmed the relationship between seals and the god Thoth, the relationship through which it can be suggested that as Thoth was the god of wisdom, magic, and writing , he also the god who was responsible for seals and sealing in ancient Egypt religion.
( Ar )
لعبت الأختام دوراً هاماً فى مصر القديمة، فالأختام لم تکن تستخدم فقط إستخداماً إدارياً  کأدوات لتأمين الممتلکات الحکومية والخاصة، والوثائق، والأماکن ولکنها أستُخدمت ايضاً کتمائم سواء فى الحياة الدنيا او فى الحياة الآخرة. وقد توافر لدينا بعض الدلائل التى تؤکد على قدسية الأختام فى مصر القديمة منها على سبيل المثال:
الأختام کتمائم للحماية.
جريمة فض الختم.
الختم وقدسية المکان.
قدسية عملية الختم.
والحقيقة أنة بالإضافة إلى قدسية الأختام فهناک بعض النصوص التى توضح لنا العلاقة الوثيقة بينها وبين المعبود جحوتى، تلک العلاقة التى تجعلنا  نفترض أنة إلى جانب دورالرئيسى للمعبود جحوتى کمعبود للحکمة، السحر، والکتابة، فقد کان ايضاً هو المعبود المسئول عن عملية الختم والأختام فى العقيدة المصرية القديمة.
Keywords
Sacredness; Seals; sealing; Amulets; protection; Securing; relationship; The god Thoth
Main Subjects
Egyptology
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