Procession of Sokar at Memphis
E487797
The Procession of Sokar at Memphis was an important ancient Egyptian religious festival in which the funerary god Sokar was ceremonially carried in a sacred barque around Memphis to renew and protect the city and its necropolis.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| procession of Osiris | 1 |
Statements (47)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
ancient Egyptian religious festival
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religious procession ⓘ |
| associatedWithCity | Memphis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithConcept |
funerary cult
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maintenance of maat ⓘ royal mortuary ideology ⓘ |
| associatedWithCultCenter | Memphis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithDeity |
Osiris (through syncretism)
NERFINISHED
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Ptah (through Memphite cult) NERFINISHED ⓘ Ptah-Sokar-Osiris NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithDeityAspect |
chthonic deity
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funerary god ⓘ |
| associatedWithDomain |
necropolis
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underworld ⓘ |
| associatedWithNecropolis |
Memphis necropolis
NERFINISHED
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Saqqara NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithSeason | agricultural cycle renewal (inferred) ⓘ |
| associatedWithTemple | temple of Sokar at Memphis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWithText |
Coffin Texts (inferred association with Sokar cult)
NERFINISHED
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Pyramid Texts (inferred association with Sokar cult) ⓘ |
| culticFunction |
periodic renewal of Sokar’s power
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reconsecration of sacred landscape around Memphis ⓘ |
| featuresObject | sacred barque of Sokar ⓘ |
| hasLocation |
Memphis
NERFINISHED
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Saqqara necropolis NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasMainDeity | Sokar NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasPurpose |
protection of Memphis
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protection of the necropolis ⓘ renewal of the city of Memphis ⓘ renewal of the necropolis ⓘ |
| hasRitualObject |
portable shrine of Sokar
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processional barque ⓘ |
| hasRitualParticipants |
Memphite clergy
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local population of Memphis (inferred) ⓘ priests of Sokar ⓘ |
| hasSymbolism |
protection of tombs
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regeneration of the dead ⓘ renewal of royal and cosmic order ⓘ |
| involvesRitualAction |
carrying the god Sokar in procession
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circumambulation of Memphis ⓘ |
| linkedToTopography |
Memphite necropolis ridge
NERFINISHED
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desert edge west of Memphis ⓘ |
| performedIn | Ancient Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | ancient Egyptian religion ⓘ |
| timePeriod |
Middle Kingdom (continued practice, inferred)
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New Kingdom (continued practice, inferred) ⓘ Old Kingdom (attested for Sokar cult) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
Sokar
this entity surface form:
procession of Osiris