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    This document discusses several aspects of kingship and religion in ancient Egypt's Old Kingdom, including: 1) Cosmogonic creation accounts centered around Atum and the emergence of Shu and Tefnut from him at Heliopolis. 2) Excerpts from Pyramid Text 600 referring to Atum protecting the king in the afterlife similarly to how he protected Shu and Tefnut. 3) Administrative titles that were important in the Old Kingdom such as Vizier, Overseer of Royal Works, and Overseer of the Granary.

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    This document discusses several aspects of kingship and religion in ancient Egypt's Old Kingdom, including: 1) Cosmogonic creation accounts centered around Atum and the emergence of Shu and Tefnut from him at Heliopolis. 2) Excerpts from Pyramid Text 600 referring to Atum protecting the king in the afterlife similarly to how he protected Shu and Tefnut. 3) Administrative titles that were important in the Old Kingdom such as Vizier, Overseer of Royal Works, and Overseer of the Granary.

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    This document discusses several aspects of kingship and religion in ancient Egypt's Old Kingdom, including: 1) Cosmogonic creation accounts centered around Atum and the emergence of Shu and Tefnut from him at Heliopolis. 2) Excerpts from Pyramid Text 600 referring to Atum protecting the king in the afterlife similarly to how he protected Shu and Tefnut. 3) Administrative titles that were important in the Old Kingdom such as Vizier, Overseer of Royal Works, and Overseer of the Granary.

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    KingshipandtheDivineinOldKingdomEgypt

    Cosmogonies=Crea8onAccounts

    (KhepririsingfromNun)

    TheHeliopolitanEnnead

    PyramidText600andallusionstotheMemphiteTheology

    AtumKheper,youhavecometobehighonthehill,youhavearisenonthe
    BenbenstoneinthemansionoftheBenbeninHeliopolis,youspatoutShu,you
    expectoratedTefnut,andyouputyourtwoarmsaroundthemasthearmsofaka
    symbol,sothatyourkamightbeinthem.OAtum,placeyourarmsaroundthe
    king,aroundthisedice,aroundthispyramidasthearmsofakasothattheKings
    kamaybeinit,rmforeverandever.OAtum,placeyourprotec8onoverthis
    king,overthispyramidofhis,overthisediceoftheking,sothatyoumayguard
    againstanythinghappeningevillyagainsthimforeverandever,justasyour
    protec8onwasplacedoverShuandTefnut.
    OgreatEnneadwhichisinHeliopolisAtum,Shu,Tefnut,Geb,Nut,Osiris,Isis,
    Seth,NephthyschildrenofAtum,extendhisheart(goodwill)tohischild(the
    king)inyournameofNineBows.LethisbackbeturnedfromyoutowardsAtum,
    sothathemayprotectthisking,sothathemayprotectthispyramidoftheking,
    sothathemayprotectthisediceofhisfromallthegods[and]fromthedead,
    andsothathemayguardagainstanythinghappeningevillyagainsthimforever
    andever.
    Atum(thecompleteone)ejacula8ngoutofhimselfShuandTefnut(airand
    moisture).TheygivebirthtoGebandNut.Nextgenera8on,andtheconict
    betweenHorusandSeth.

    NepthysandIsismournOsiris

    Khafre,4thDynasty,KingandHorus
    StatuefromhispyramidcomplexatGiza

    Excerptfromthe
    early5thDynasty
    sec8onofthe
    PalermoStone

    NebraorRaneb?
    Stelaofa2ndDynasty
    king,fromSaqqara

    Importantadministra8ve8tlesoftheOldKingdom:

    Vizier

    OverseerofRoyalWorks

    OverseerofTreasury(prhdjwhitehouseorprwyhdjtwowhitehouses)

    OverseeroftheGranary

    OverseerofUpperEgypt

    GreatOverloardofNome(X)(hrytpaanX)

    RankingTitlesoftheOldKingdom

    Hereditarynoble(jrypat)

    Count(hatya)

    Hesira,reignofDjoser,3rdDynasty

    headofroyalscribes(atreasury8tle)
    greatestoftensofUpperEgypt
    concernedwiththekingsproperty
    fashionerofthecultimageofMehyt
    greatoneofthe10sofUpperEgypt

    FromthetombofMetjenatSaqqara(veryearly4thDynasty):

    Totheoverseerofcommissionsofthe4th/5thand3rdnomesofLowerEgypt:
    12founda8onsofMetjenhavebeenfoundedforhiminthe4th/5th,6thand2ndnomesof
    LowerEgypt(alongwith)theirproductsforhiminthediningroom.Thesehavebeenbought
    for20arourasoflandfrommanyroyalcolonists,(alongwith)100por8onsoffunerary
    oeringswhichcomedailyfromthesoulchapeloftheroyalmotherNymaathap(Andwith)a
    walledestate200cubitslongand200broad,setoutwithnetrees,andalargepoolmade
    init;itwasplantedwithgtreesandvines.Itiswrimendowninaroyaldocument,andtheir
    namesare(recordedlikewise)on(this)royaldocument.

    ThepropertyofhisfatherthejudgeandscribeInpuemankhwasgiventohim,wihtoutwheat
    andbarleyandthepropertyoftheestate,butwithdependentsandherdsofdonkeysand
    pigs(?).
    Hewaspromotedtotherstofthescribesoftheoceofprovisioningandoverseerof
    provisioning;
    Hewaspromotedtobethestrongofvoiceamongthoseinvolvedinagricultural
    produc8onwhentheboundaryocialofthesixthnomeofLowerEgyptwasinchargeofthe
    judgeandsupervisorsofreversionaryoeringsinthesixthnomeofLowerEgypt,whoshould
    takethejobofjudgeandstrongofvoice,
    Andhewaspromotedtobeoverseerofalllinenproductsoftheking

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