| 英文摘要 |
In a recent article (Rd'Ég 37, 1986), K. Götte studied the inscriptions associated with the representations of the offering of wine in the temple of Edfu. Götte believed that the Ptolemaic kings seemed to have had different predilections of one group of epithets over the others, revealing the historical nature of their rule. Although her observation may be viable, without a more extensive investigation, however, it would be a little premature to accept her theory. This paper tries to deal with this problem in a different perspective, and utilizing material from all of the major Ptolemaic temples. My main argument is that, in the ritual of wine offering, and perhaps in other kinds of rituals as well, the Egyptian priests used a certain number of stereotyped liturgies while performing the ritual. These stereotyped liturgies, furthermore, were composed according to some set phrases that are often interchangeable among different types of liturgies. After an analysis of these stereotyped liturgies, we discovered that the scribe-priests in the Ptolemaic -- as well as earlier -- temples followed a long tradition in executing ritual inscription on the walls. For the modern Egyptologist who wished to glean some historical information from these texts, it is important to realize the existence of this scribal tradition, and to try to distinguish, if it is possible at all, between what is traditional-stereotyped, and what is particular and individual in the sources that he/she utilizes. The historical observation based on these sources could then stand on a firm ground. |
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