Tutankhamun Knew the Names of the Two Great Gods: Dt and nHH as Fundamental Concepts of Pharaonic Ideology

Type:

Book

Author:

Gregory Steven R.W.

Published:

2022

<i>Tutankhamun Knew the Names of the Two Great Gods</i> offers a new interpretation of the terms <i>Dt </i>and <i>nHH</i> as fundamental concepts of Pharaonic ideology. The terms <i>Dt </i>and <i>nHH</i> have often been treated as synonyms reflecting notions related to the vastness of time. However, from the study of original source material – the texts and iconography compiled over some three millennia and authored by those who surely had complete understanding of their subject matter – it becomes clear that those modern interpretations are somewhat questionable. Clues to the connotations which may be ascribed to <i>Dt </i>and <i>nHH </i>are perhaps most clearly apparent in texts and imagery from the reign of Tutankhamun – a time of political upheaval during which it was more than usually important to express traditional mores with clarity to demonstrate a return to the well-established ideology underpinning pharaonic culture prior to the Amarna interlude. Testing those indications against the wider range of extant literary material confirms that <i>Dt </i>and <i>nHH</i> were neither synonyms, nor were they entirely temporal in nature, but rather referenced a duality of ontological conditions which together were fundamental to the fabric of pharaonic ideology. The reappraisal of this duality of conditions allows the many texts and iconographic depictions surviving f…

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