The Season of the Emergence ( egy,
Prt) was the second season of the lunar and civil
Egyptian calendars. It fell after the
Season of the Inundation
The Season of the Inundation or Flood ( egy, Ꜣḫt) was the first season of the lunar and civil Egyptian calendars. It fell after the intercalary month of Days over the Year ('). and before the Season of the Emergence ('). In the modern Copti ...
(') and before the
Season of the Harvest
The Season of the Harvest or Low Water was the third and final season of the lunar and civil Egyptian calendars. It fell after the Season of the Emergence (') and before the spiritually dangerous intercalary month ('), after which the New Year's ...
(').
[ In the modern Coptic calendar, the season falls between ]Paopi 10 Paopi 9 - Coptic Calendar - Paopi 11
The tenth day of the Coptic month of Paopi, the second month of the Coptic year. On a common year, this day corresponds to October 7, of the Julian Calendar, and October 20, of the Gregorian Calendar. This d ...
and Tobi 10 Tobi 9 - Coptic Calendar - Tobi 11
The tenth day of the Coptic month of Tobi, the fifth month of the Coptic year. On a common year, this day corresponds to January 5, of the Julian Calendar, and January 18, of the Gregorian Calendar. This is the ...
.
Names
The pronunciation of the Ancient Egyptian name for the Season of the Emergence is uncertain as the hieroglyphs do not record its vowels. It is conventionally transliterated Peret[ or Proyet. The name refers to the emergence of the fertile land beside the ]Nile
The Nile, , Bohairic , lg, Kiira , Nobiin language, Nobiin: Áman Dawū is a major north-flowing river in northeastern Africa. It flows into the Mediterranean Sea. The Nile is the longest river in Africa and has historically been considered ...
from its annual flood and to the growth of vegetation and crops over the following season.
It is also known as Winter.[
]
Lunar calendar
In the lunar calendar, the intercalary month was added as needed to maintain the heliacal rising of Sirius
Sirius is the list of brightest stars, brightest star in the night sky. Its name is derived from the Ancient Greek language, Greek word , or , meaning 'glowing' or 'scorching'. The star is designated α Canis Majoris, Latinisation ...
in the fourth month of the Season of the Harvest
The Season of the Harvest or Low Water was the third and final season of the lunar and civil Egyptian calendars. It fell after the Season of the Emergence (') and before the spiritually dangerous intercalary month ('), after which the New Year's ...
. This meant that the Season of the Emergence usually lasted from January to May. Because the precise timing of the flood varied, the months of "Emergence" no longer precisely reflected the state of the river but the season was usually the time for the planting and growth of Egyptian grain.
Civil calendar
In the civil calendar, the lack of leap years into the Ptolemaic Ptolemaic is the adjective formed from the name Ptolemy, and may refer to:
Pertaining to the Ptolemaic dynasty
* Ptolemaic dynasty, the Macedonian Greek dynasty that ruled Egypt founded in 305 BC by Ptolemy I Soter
* Ptolemaic Kingdom
Pertaining ...
and Roman periods meant the season lost about one day every four years and was not stable relative to the solar year
A tropical year or solar year (or tropical period) is the time that the Sun takes to return to the same position in the sky of a celestial body of the Solar System such as the Earth, completing a full cycle of seasons; for example, the time f ...
or Gregorian calendar
The Gregorian calendar is the calendar used in most parts of the world. It was introduced in October 1582 by Pope Gregory XIII as a modification of, and replacement for, the Julian calendar. The principal change was to space leap years dif ...
.
Months
The Season of the Emergence was divided into four months. In the lunar calendar, each began on a dawn when the waning crescent moon was no longer visible. In the civil calendar, each consisted of exactly 30 days[.] divided into three 10-day weeks known as decans
The decans (; Egyptian ''bꜣktw'' or ''baktiu'', "hoseconnected with work") are 36 groups of stars (small constellations) used in the ancient Egyptian astronomy to conveniently divide the 360 degree ecliptic into 36 parts of 10 degrees each, bo ...
.
In ancient Egypt, these months were usually recorded by their number within the season: I, II, III, and IV ''Prt''. They were also known by the names of their principal festivals, which came to be increasingly used after the Persian occupation. These then became the basis for the names of the months of the Coptic calendar. In the modern Coptic calendar, the season falls between Paopi 10 Paopi 9 - Coptic Calendar - Paopi 11
The tenth day of the Coptic month of Paopi, the second month of the Coptic year. On a common year, this day corresponds to October 7, of the Julian Calendar, and October 20, of the Gregorian Calendar. This d ...
and Tobi 10 Tobi 9 - Coptic Calendar - Tobi 11
The tenth day of the Coptic month of Tobi, the fifth month of the Coptic year. On a common year, this day corresponds to January 5, of the Julian Calendar, and January 18, of the Gregorian Calendar. This is the ...
.
See also
* Egyptian
Egyptian describes something of, from, or related to Egypt.
Egyptian or Egyptians may refer to:
Nations and ethnic groups
* Egyptians, a national group in North Africa
** Egyptian culture, a complex and stable culture with thousands of years of ...
& Coptic calendars
* Egyptian units of time
* Temple of Kom Ombo
The Temple of Kom Ombo is an unusual double temple in the town of Kom Ombo in Aswan Governorate, Upper Egypt. It was constructed during the Ptolemaic dynasty, 180–47 BC. Some additions to it were later made during the Roman period.
Architectu ...
Notes
References
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